Current perspectives of CASA applications in diverse mammalian spermatozoa Gerhard van der Horst, Liana Maree and Stefan S. du Plessis Department of Medical Bioscience, University of the Western Cape, Private Bag X17, Bellville, 7535, South Africa; Division of Medical Physiology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, PO Box 19063, Tygerberg, 7505, South Africa [...]
The effects of gelatin supplementation prior to cooling on ram semen quality and fertility Anderson Marques Pinto Bandeira; José Eduardo Matos; Alexandre Nízio Maria; Paulo César Falanghe Carneiro; Phillip H. Purdy; Hymerson Costa Azevedo Universidade Federal de Sergipe, São Cristóvão, Brazil; Embrapa Tabuleiros Costeiros, Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária (EMBRAPA), Aracaju, SE, Brazil; Agricultural Research [...]
A novel flush technique to simulate natural dispersal of spermatozoa in the female reproductive tract and expedite motility assessment of fresh ejaculated Merino (Ovis aries) sperm N. H. Boshoff, H. Lambrechts, L. Maree, S. W. P. Cloete, G. van der Horst Department of Animal Sciences, Stellenbosch University, P/Bag X1, Matieland, 7602, South Africa; Department of [...]
Cut-off values for normal sperm morphology and toxicology for automated analysis of rat sperm morphology and morphometry G van der Horst, B Skosana, A Legendre, P Oyeyipo & SS du Plessis Department of Medical Bioscience, University of the Western Cape, Bellville; Division of Medical Physiology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Tygerberg, South [...]
Diabetes mellitus- induction: Effect of different streptozotocin doses on male reproductive parameters Temidayo S. Omolaoye, Bongekile T. Skosana, Stefan S. du Plessis Division of Medical Physiology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Tygerberg, South Africa; Division of Medical Physiology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Tygerberg, South Africa Abstract: Diabetes mellitus [...]
Grooves surrounding the micropyle decrease the inseminating dose in fish Matheus Pereira-Santos, Eduardo Shimoda, André Furugen Cesar de Andrade, Luciano Andrade Silva, Takafumi Fujimoto, José Augusto Senhorini, George Shigueki Yasui and Laura Satiko Okada Nakaghi Aquaculture Center, São Paulo State University, Jaboticabal-SP, Brazil; Department of Pharmacy, Cândido Mendes University, Campos dos Goytacazes, Brazil; Department of [...]
Lactobacillus rhamnosus PB01 (DSM 14870) supplementation affects markers of sperm kinematic parameters in a diet-induced obesity mice model Fereshteh Dardmeh, Hiva Alipour, Parisa Gazerani, Gerhard van der Horst, Erik Brandsborg, Hans Ingolf Nielsen Biomedicine Group, Department of Health Science and Technology, Faculty of Medicine, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark; SMI®, Department of Health Science and Technology, [...]
Effects of GnRH vaccination in wild and captive African Elephant bulls (Loxodonta africana) on reproductive organs and semen quality Imke Lueders, Debbie Young, Liana Maree, Gerhard van der Horst, Ilse Luther, Stephan Botha, Brendan Tindall, Geoffrey Fosgate, André Ganswindt, Henk J. Bertschinger GEOlifes-Animal Fertility and Reproductive Research, Hamburg, Germany; Endocrine Research Laboratory, Department of Anatomy [...]
Sperm structure and sperm motility of the African and Rockhopper penguins with special reference to multiple axonemes of the flagellum Patrick Siyambulela Mafundaa; Liana Maree; Antoinette Kotze; Gerhard van der Horst Department of Medical Bioscience, University of the Western Cape, Bellville, South Africa; Department of Research and Scientific Services, National Zoological Gardens of South Africa, [...]
Reproductive toxicity after levetiracetam administration in male rats: Evidence for role of hormonal status and oxidative stress Merve Baysal; Sinem Ilgin; Gozde Kilic; Volkan Kilic; Seyda Ucarcan; Ozlem Atli Department of Pharmaceutical Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Anadolu University, Eskisehir, Turkey; Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Anadolu University, Eskisehir, Turkey. Abstract: Levetiracetam (LEV) is an [...]
