Effect of inbreeding depression on bull sperm quality and field fertility Jesús Dorado; Rosa Morales Cid; Antonio Molina; Manuel Hidalgo; Julia Ariza; Miguel Moreno-Millán and Sebastián Demyda-Peyrás Department of Animal Medicine and Surgery, University of Cordoba, Cordoba, Spain; Department of Genetics, University of Cordoba, Cordoba, Spain; Department of Cell Biology, Physiology and Immunology, University of [...]
Comparison of two histologic stains in the evaluation of sperm head morphometric measurements in frozen-thawed bull semen A. Quintero-Moreno, M. L. Ramirez, H. Nava-Trujillo, M. Hidalgo Laboratorio de Andrología, Unidad de Investigación en Producción Animal (UNIPA). Universidad del Zulia. Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias. Apdo. 15252, Maracaibo 4005-A. Venezuela; Animal Reproduction Group, Faculty of Veterinary Science, [...]
The future of computer-aided sperm analysis Sharon T Mortimer, Gerhard Van der Horst, David Mortimer Oozoa Biomedical Inc, West Vancouver, BC, Canada; University of the Western Cape, Bellville, South Africa Computer-aided sperm analysis (CASA) technology was developed in the late 1980s for analyzing sperm movement characteristics or kinematics and has been highly successful in enabling [...]
Time trends, environmental factors and genetic basis of semen traits collected in Holstein bulls under commercial conditions Karoui S, Díaz C, Serrano M, Cue R, Celorrio I, Carabaño MJ Animal Breeding Department, National Institute for Agriculture and Food Research and Technology, Ctra. de La Coruña Km 7.5, 28040 Madrid, Spain The fact that results of [...]
Effect of exogenous DNA on bovine sperm functionality using the sperm mediated gene transfer (SMGT) technique Canovas S, Gutierrez-Adan A, Gadea J Department of Physiology, Veterinary Faculty, University of Murcia, Murcia, Spain Sperm mediated gene transfer (SMGT) could provide the opportunity to carry out transgenesis on a mass scale using spermatozoa as vectors for exogenous [...]
Effects of cryopreservation on the motile sperm subpopulations in semen from Asturiana de los Valles bulls Muiño R, Peña AI, Rodríguez A, Tamargo C, Hidalgo CO Unidad de Reproducción y Obstetricia, Departamento de Patología Animal, Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela (USC), Lugo, Spain The aim of this study was to identify different [...]
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 [...]
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; [...]
Role of sialic acid in bovine sperm-zona pellucida binding Velásquez JG, Canovas S, Barajas P, Marcos J, Jiménez-Movilla M, Gallego RG, Ballesta J, Avilés M, Coy P Department of Physiology, Veterinary Faculty, University of Murcia, Murcia, Spain Sperm binding activity has been detected in zona pellucida (ZP) glycoproteins and it is generally accepted that this [...]
