Male fertility in natural populations of red deer is determined by sperm velocity and the proportion of normal spermatozoa Malo AF, Garde JJ, Soler AJ, Garcia AJ, Gomendio M, Roldan ER Reproductive Ecology and Biology Group, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (CSIC), 28006-Madrid, Spain Male reproductive success is determined by the ability of males to [...]
Use of chromatin stability assay, mitochondrial stain JC-1, and fluorometric assessment of plasma membrane to evaluate frozen-thawed ram semen Martinez-Pastor F, Johannisson A, Gil J, Kaabi M, Anel L, Paz P, Rodriguez-Martinez H. Department of Anatomy and Histology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Box 7039, Uppsala SE-750-07, Sweden Cryopreservation of semen imposes deleterious effects [...]
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 [...]
Sperm subpopulations in Iberian red deer epididymal sperm and their changes through the cryopreservation process Martinez-Pastor F, Garcia-Macias V, Alvarez M, Herraez P, Anel L, Paz P Cell Biology and Anatomy and Animal Reproduction and Obstetrics, University of León, 24071, León, Spain We have applied a statistical protocol based on principal component analysis, clustering methods, [...]
Zona pellucida binding ability and responsiveness to ionophore challenge of cryopreserved dog spermatozoa after different periods of capacitation in vitro Peña AI, Barrio M, Becerra JJ, Quintela LA, Herradón PG Unit of Reproduction and Obstetrics, Department of Animal Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Santiago de Compostela, 27002 Lugo, Spain The present study was [...]
Field and in vitro assay of three methods for freezing ram semen Anel L, de Paz P, Alvarez M, Chamorro CA, Boixo JC, Manso A, Gonzalez M, Kaabi M, Anel E Animal Reproduction and Obstetrics, Leon University, Leon 24071, Spain Glycerol has been the most widely used cryopreservation agent for spermatozoa and a wide range [...]
Effect of epididymis handling conditions on the quality of ram spermatozoa recovered post-mortem Kaabi M, Paz P, Alvarez M, Anel E, Boixo JC, Rouissi H, Herraez P, Anel L Animal Reproduction and Obstetrics, University of Leon, 24071 Leon, Spain Post-mortem spermatozoa recovery is an important technique for obtaining germplasm reserves from genetically valuable animals or [...]
