Melatonin protects ram spermatozoa from cryopreservation injuries in a dose-dependent manner Succu S, Berlinguer F, Pasciu V, Satta V, Leoni GG, Naitana S Department of Animal Biology, University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy Cryopreservation harms spermatozoa at different levels and thus impairs their fertilizing ability. The role of melatonin in protecting spermatozoa from different kind injuries [...]
Effect of exogenous DNA on bovine sperm functionality using the sperm mediated gene transfer (SMGT) technique Canovas S, Gutierrez-Adan A, Gadea J Department of Physiology, Veterinary Faculty, University of Murcia, Murcia, Spain Sperm mediated gene transfer (SMGT) could provide the opportunity to carry out transgenesis on a mass scale using spermatozoa as vectors for exogenous [...]
Computerized sperm motility analysis in toxicity bioassays: a new approach to pore water quality assessment Fabbrocini A, Di Stasio M, D'Adamo R Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche-Istituto di Scienze Marine, UOS Lesina, via Pola 4, 71010 Lesina (FG), Italy The aim of this study was to test the sensitivity of computerized sperm motility analysis in the [...]
The HSP90AA1 sperm content and the prediction of the boar ejaculate freezability Casas I, Sancho S, Ballester J, Briz M, Pinart E, Bussalleu E, Yeste M, Fàbrega A, Rodríguez-Gil JE, Bonet S. Biotechnology of Animal and Human Reproduction (TechnoSperm), Department of Biology, Institute of Food and Agricultural Technology (INTEA), University of Girona, Campus Montilivi, s/n, [...]
Development of extender based on soybean lecithin for its application in liquid ram semen de Paz P, Esteso MC, Alvarez M, Mata M, Chamorro CA, Anel L Cell Biology, University of León, 24071, León, Spain The soybean lecithin is used as a phospholipids source for the commercial extenders available for freezing bull semen which allows [...]
Motility and fertility of the subtropical freshwater fish streaked prochilod (Prochilodus lineatus) sperm cryopreserved in powdered coconut water Viveiros AT, Nascimento AF, Orfão LH, Isaú ZA Department of Animal Sciences, Federal University of Lavras, UFLA, P.O. Box 3037, Lavras, MG, 37200-000, Brazil Streaked prochilod (Prochilodus lineatus) is a freshwater fish inhabiting many South American rivers. [...]
SpermBlue®: A new universal stain for human and animal sperm which is also amenable to automated sperm morphology analysis G van der Horst; L. Maree Department of Medical Biosciences, University of the Western Cape, Private Bag X17, Bellville, South Africa Our study was aimed at exploring a simple procedure to stain differentially the acrosome, head, [...]
Semen molecular and cellular features: these parameters can reliably predict subsequent ART outcome in a goat model Berlinguer F, Madeddu M, Pasciu V, Succu S, Spezzigu A, Satta V, Mereu P, Leoni GG, Naitana S Department of Animal Biology, University of Sassari, Via Vienna 2, 07100 Sassari, Italy Currently, the assessment of sperm function in [...]
Effect of eggyolk on the kinematics and acrosome membrane integrity of cooled-rewarmed canine spermatozoa J. Dorado, M. J. Galvez, M. R. Murabito, S. Demyda, L. J. De Luca, M. Moreno, and M. Hidalgo AAnimal Reproduction Group, University of Cordoba, Spain; BDairy Production Department, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina; CDepartment of Genetics, University of Cordoba, Spain; [...]
Characterization of ram (Ovis aries) sperm head morphometry using the Sperm-Class Analyzer Maroto-Morales A, Ramón M, García-Alvarez O, Soler AJ, Esteso MC, Martínez-Pastor F, Pérez-Guzmán MD, Garde JJ Biology of Reproduction Group, National Wildlife Research Institute (IREC), UCLM-CSIC-JCCM, Albacete, Spain Sperm morphology has been identified as a characteristic that can be useful in the prediction [...]
