Morphological and functional parameters of endangered Bermeya goat breed semen C. O. Hidalgo, A. Rodríguez, C. Díez, D. Martín, M. Carbajo, A. Martínez, J. de la Fuente, A. T. Palasz, J. M. Benito and C. Tamargo Servicio Regional de Investigación y Desarrollo Agroalimentatio, Villaviciosa, Asturias, Spain The Bermeya goats are an endangered autochthonous breed distributed [...]
Effect of different thawing rates on post-thaw sperm viability, kinematic parameters and motile sperm subpopulations structure of bull semen Muiño R, Rivera MM, Rigau T, Rodriguez-Gil JE, Peña AI Department of Animal Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of Lugo, Unit of Reproduction and Obstetrics, University of Santiago de Compostela, 27002 Lugo, Spain The aim of [...]
Effects of cryopreservation on bull spermatozoa distribution in morphometrically distinct subpopulations Rubio-Guillén J, González D, Garde JJ, Esteso MC, Fernández-Santos MR, Rodríguez-Gíl JE, Madrid-Bury N, Quintero-Moreno A. Unidad de Investigación en Producción Animal (UNIPA), Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias, La Universidad del Zulia (LUZ), Maracaibo, Venezuela. Assisted sperm morphometry analysis (ASMA) was used in this study [...]
The relationship between sperm morphology and chromatin integrity in the koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) as assessed by the Sperm Chromatin Dispersion test (SCDt) Johnston SD, López-Fernández C, Gosálbez A, Zee Y, Holt WV, Allen C, Gosálvez J School of Animal Studies, The University of Queensland, Gatton 4343, Australia Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) sperm nuclei show a tendency [...]
Effects of cryopreservation on semen quality and the expression of sperm membrane hexose transporters in the spermatozoa of Iberian pigs Sancho S, Casas I, Ekwall H, Saravia F, Rodriguez-Martinez H, Rodriguez-Gil JE, Flores E, Pinart E, Briz M, Garcia-Gil N, Bassols J, Pruneda A, Bussalleu E, Yeste M, Bonet S Biotechnology of Porcine Reproduction, University [...]
Scrotal heat stress effects on sperm viability, sperm DNA integrity, and the offspring sex ratio in mice Pérez-Crespo M, Pintado B, Gutiérrez-Adán A Dpto. de Reproducción Animal y Conservación de Recursos Zoogenéticos, INIA, Madrid, Spain Evidence exists to suggest detrimental effects of heat stress on male fertility. This study was designed to assess the effects [...]
Supplementation of the dilution medium after thawing with reduced glutathione improves function and the in vitro fertilizing ability of frozen-thawed bull spermatozoa Gadea J, Gumbao D, Cánovas S, García-Vázquez FA, Grullón LA, Gardón JC Department of Physiology, School of Veterinary, University of Murcia, Murcia, Spain In this study, we evaluated the effects of glutathione (l-gamma-glutamyl-l-cysteinylglycine; [...]
Effectiveness of butylated hydroxytoluene as egg yolk substitute for cryopreservation of boar spermatozoa L. Rodriguez-Vilar, M. Hernandez, C. Lopez-Sanchez, J. M. Vazquez, E. A. Martinez and J. Roca University of Murcia Butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT) has proven to be efficient as a supplement for cryopreservation boar spermatozoa (Roca et al. 2004 J. Androl. 25, 397–405). Moreover, [...]
Sperm characterization of Asturcon ponies after collection and equilibration/refrigeration before freezing C. Tamargo, C. Díez, J. De La Fuente, M. Carbajo, J. M. Benito and C. O. Hidalgo Servicio Regional de Investigación y Desarrollo Agroalimentario; University of Castilla-La Mancha; The need to conserve farm animal biodiversity is accepted by many countries through the ratification of [...]
Effect of spermatozoa head morphometric dimensions on freezability in brown bear (Ursus Arctos) L. Anel, V. Garcia-Macias, F. Martinez-Pastor, M. Alvarez, S. Borragan, J. Bernardo, S. Alves, P. Paz Universidad de León, León, Castille and León, Spain Having recently observed that survival of red deer spermatozoa after cryopreservation seemed to reflect the size of sperm [...]
