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Bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) sperm revisited: Motility, morphology and ultrastructure of fresh sperm of consecutive ejaculates

By |2018-08-20T15:55:26+02:00June 22nd, 2018|, |

Bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) sperm revisited: Motility, morphology and ultrastructure of fresh sperm of consecutive ejaculates Gerhard van der Horst, Katarina Medger, Daniela Steckler, Ilse Luther, Paul Bartels University of the Western Cape, Private Bag X17, Bellville 7535, South Africa; National Zoological Garden, South African National Biodiversity Institute, PO Box 754, Pretoria 0001, South Africa; [...]

CASA in invertebrates

By |2018-04-17T11:54:02+02:00April 9th, 2018|, |

CASA in invertebrates Gerhard van der Horst, Monique Bennett and John D. D. Bishop Department of Medical Biosciences, University of the Western Cape, Robert Sobukwe Road, Bellville, 7535, South Africa; Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, Citadel Hill Laboratory, Plymouth PL1 2PB, UK Abstract: Sperm movement has been described in several phyla of invertebrates. [...]

Current perspectives of CASA applications in diverse mammalian spermatozoa

By |2022-05-04T15:57:28+02:00March 26th, 2018|, , , , |

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

By |2019-03-26T17:22:48+01:00March 1st, 2018|, |

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

By |2018-02-16T12:57:11+01:00February 15th, 2018|, |

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

By |2022-05-04T15:58:02+02:00January 10th, 2018|, |

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

By |2022-05-04T15:57:18+02:00December 12th, 2017|, |

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

By |2018-03-21T16:00:10+01:00October 10th, 2017|, |

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 supplementation affects markers of sperm kinematic parameters in a diet-induced obesity mice model

By |2017-10-12T11:16:49+02:00October 10th, 2017|, |

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

By |2017-09-18T17:14:48+02:00September 15th, 2017|, |

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 [...]