Effect of Copper Sulphate and Cadmium Chloride on Non-Human Primate Sperm Function In Vitro Farren Hardneck, Charon de Villiers, Liana Maree Department of Medical Bioscience, University of the Western Cape, Private Bag X17, Bellville 7535, South Africa; PUDAC-Delft Animal Facility, South African Medical Research Council, Cape Town 7505, South Africa Abstract: In order to address [...]
Status of Sperm Functionality Assessment in Wildlife Species: From Fish to Primates Gerhard van der Horst Comparative Spermatology Laboratory, Department of Medical Bioscience, University of the Western Cape, Bellville, Cape Town 7535, South Africa Abstract: (1) Background: in order to propagate wildlife species (covering the whole spectrum from species suitable for aquaculture to endangered species), [...]
Morphometric and structural analysis of Florida manatee spermatozoa Jonathan R. Cowart, Danielle M. Collins, Daniel L. Stanton, Gerhard van der Horst, Iskande V. Larkin Aquatic Animal Health Program, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida; Department of Animal Sciences, College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida; University of Florida [...]
Seasonal changes in reproductive anatomy and gonadal hormone concentrations of African penguins (Spheniscus demersus) Patrick Siyambulela Mafunda, Liana Maree, Andre Ganswindt, Antoinette Kotze, Gerhard van der Horst Department of Medical Bioscience, University of the Western Cape, Bellville, 7535, South Africa; National Zoological Garden, South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria, 0001, South Africa; Mammal Research Institute, [...]
Quantitative sperm characteristics of Tankwa goats with special reference to hyperactivated motility A. Ngcauzele, G. van der Horst, A. Kotze, T. Jonker & L. Maree Department of Medical Bioscience, University of the Western Cape, P/Bag X17, Bellville, 7535, South Africa; National Zoological Garden, South African National Biodiversity Institute, PO Box 754, Pretoria, 0001, South Africa; [...]
Determination of the freezing of hair rams (Pelibuey-Blackbelly) according to sperm viability and kinetics Julio Cesar Gómez Vargas, Rosendo Cuicas Huerta, Isidro Jáuregui Plata, Isidro Gutiérrez Segura, Raúl Ulloa Arvizu, David Urban Duarte, Efrén Estrada Paqui Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia, Universidad Autónoma de Guerrero. Guerrero, México; Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia, Universidad [...]
Covariation in superoxide, sperm telomere length and sperm velocity in a polymorphic reptile Christopher R Friesen, Nicky Rollings, Mark Wilson, Camilla M Whittington, Richard Shine, Mats Olsson School Earth, Atmospheric and Life Sciences, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW, 2522, Australia; Illawarra Health and Medical Research Institute (IHMRI), University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW, 2522, Australia; School [...]
Effect of N-Methylacetamide Concentration and Thawing Rate on Chicken Sperm Quality after Cryopreservation Fabio Mosca, Luisa Zaniboni, Ahmad Abdel Sayed, Nicolaia Iaffaldano, Dominga Soglia, Achille Schiavone and Silvia Cerolini Dipartimento di Medicina Veterinaria, University of Milan, via dell’Università 6, 26900 Lodi, Italy; Dipartimento di Agricoltura, Ambiente e Alimenti, University of Molise, via De Sanctis, 86100 [...]
Novelty and emergent patterns in sperm: morphological diversity and evolution of spermatozoa and sperm conjugation in ground beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) R. Antonio Gomez, David R. Maddison Department of Integra tive Biology, Oregon; State University , Corvallis, Oregon Abstract: The beetle family Carabidae, with about 40,000 species, exhibits enough diversity in sperm structure and behavior to [...]
Optimization of Sperm Cryopreservation Protocol for Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) Beatriz Cardoso, Irene Sánchez-Ajofrín, Cristina Castaño, Olga García-Álvarez, Milagros Cristina Esteso, Alejandro Maroto-Morales, María Iniesta-Cuerda, José Julián Garde, Julián Santiago-Moreno and Ana Josefa Soler SaBio IREC (CSIC-UCLM-JCCM), ETSIAM, 02071 Albacete, Spain; Department of Animal Reproduction, INIA, 28040 Madrid, Spain Abstract: Sperm cryopreservation is a complex [...]
