Three participants at XIII International Symposium on Spermatology explain to us their thoughts on the event: Prof Gerhard van der Horst, Prof Stefan du Plessis and Dr Liana Maree. Representing your country and institution at any international conference is always a great honour, but with that also comes a [...]
Il n’est pas question de lapins de paques ou lièvres, mais de la reproduction des lapins et sperme Il existe un nouveau centre d’intérêt sur les lapins en ce qui concerne leur taux de reproduction élevé, haute demande de production de viande de lapin à niveau globale, mais il existe aussi [...]
Not Easter bunnies or hares, but rabbit reproduction and sperm Fig. 1: Captive bred rabbits There is a new focus on rabbits in terms of their so called prolific breeding rate, huge demand for rabbit meat production globally, but also ethical issues in terms of animal experimentation in medical research. [...]
Deux chercheurs de l’université de Florida ont profité l’opportunité unique d’enquêter la biologie du sperme du lamantin des Antilles en Florida et au Porto Rico. West Indian manatee from Florida. Modified from National Geographic. Le lamantin des Antilles « Trichechus manatus spp. » est une espèce de mammifère grand et [...]
Sperm analysis of West Indian manatee by University of Florida Aquatic Animal Health Program team using SCA® CASA System Fig. 1: West Indian manatee from Florida. Modified from National Geographic. The West Indian manatee (Trichechus manatus spp.) is a large herbivorous mammalian species (average length 3 meter and weight 500 [...]
Tricks for optimizing the analysis of sperms with the SCA 1. The presence of bubbles inside the counting chamber may alter the results obtained by your SCA. This occurs when: a) Non-optimal counting chambers are used for automatic analysis. b) The counting chamber is not filled in correctly. - Micropipettes [...]
Not of Mice and Men but Rat sperm morphology quantified In a previous Microptic blog in 2015, we reported on the SCA TOX system of Microptic and its uses in reproductive toxicology testing. It was further indicated that tailor made modules exist for sperm motility, vitality, fragmentation and that in principle it [...]
La version 6.3 du système CASA Sperm Class Analyzer est disponible pour toutes les éditions et comprend de nouvelles caractéristiques comme plus de vitesse ou un programme d’amélioration de l’expérience du client. Les utilisateurs doivent nous contacter pour l’installation. Mettez votre système à jour en vous abonant à notre service d’entretien. Formulaire [...]
Better sperm motility and kinematics after short vs. long ejaculatory abstinence It has long been observed that semen volume, sperm concentration and total sperm counts increase with increasing duration of abstinence; However, recent studies suggest that there is a paradoxical improvement of sperm motility and kinematic parameters with shorter abstinence periods. [...]
We want to finalize the year giving some small reflections regarding infertility and showing three videos, made by SCA users from different continents in order to reassure the patients with the male infertility analysis. You will see that SCA is able to unify processes in semen analysis whatever the country and its [...]
