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Identification of sperm morphometric subpopulations in two different portions of the boar ejaculate and its relation to postthaw quality Peña FJ, Saravia F, García-Herreros M, Núñez-martínez I, Tapia JA, Johannisson A, Wallgren M, Rodríguez-Martínez H Section of Animal Reproduction and Obstetrics, Department of Herd Health and Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Extremadura, Cáceres, [...]

Cooling and freezing of boar spermatozoa: supplementation of the freezing media with reduced glutathione preserves sperm function Gadea J, García-Vazquez F, Matás C, Gardón JC, Cánovas S, Gumbao D. Department of Physiology, Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad de Murcia, 30100 Murcia, Spain In this study, we evaluated the effects of glutathione (L-gamma-glutamyl-L-cysteinylglycine; GSH) supplementation of the [...]

Boar sperm velocity and motility patterns under capacitating and non-capacitating incubation conditions García Herreros M, Aparicio IM, Núñez I, García-Marín LJ, Gil MC, Peña Vega FJ. Department of Animal Health and Medicine (Reproduction and Obstetrics), Facultad de Veterinaria, University of Extremadura, Avd. de la Universidad s/n, 10071 Cáceres, Spain This study compares the velocity and [...]

Effects of centrifugation before freezing on boar sperm cryosurvival Carvajal G, Cuello C, Ruiz M, Vazquez JM, Martinez EA, Roca J Department of Medicine and Animal Surgery, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Campus de Espinardo, University of Murcia, Murcia, Spain Current protocols for boar sperm cryopreservation require the centrifugation of semen in order to separate sperm [...]

Survival and fertility of boar spermatozoa after freeze-thawing in extender supplemented with butylated hydroxytoluene Roca J, Gil MA, Hernandez M, Parrilla I, Vazquez JM, Martinez EA Department of Medicine and Animal Surgery, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Murcia, Murcia, Spain This study evaluated the protective effect of butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT), a lipid-soluble antioxidant, against [...]

Regression analyses and motile sperm subpopulation structure study as improving tools in boar semen quality analysis Quintero-Moreno A, Rigau T, Rodriguez-Gil JE Unit of Animal Reproduction, Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Zulia, Box 15252, Maracaibo 4005-A, Venezuela A precise estimation of the fertilizing ability of a boar ejaculate would be very useful to improve [...]