Have we conquered sperm morphology analysis in different mammalian species as analysed by CASMA? Gerhard van der Horst, Stefan S. du Plessis, Liana Maree Department of Medical Biosciences, University of the Western Cape, Bellville, South Africa; Department of Basic Sciences, Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences, Dubai, United Arab Emirates; Division of Medical [...]
Processes and Data Management of Computer-Aided Sperm Analysis in Human and Animal Spermatozoa Gerhard van der Horst Department of Medical Biosciences, University of the Western Cape, Bellville, South Africa Abstract: Computer-Aided Sperm Analysis (CASA) has been revolutionized in the last two decades. It is now possible to measure a vast range of sperm characteristics such as sperm [...]
Computer Aided Sperm Analysis (CASA) in domestic animals: Current status, three D tracking and flagellar analysis Gerhard van der Horst Department of Medical Bioscience, Comparative Spermatology Laboratory, University of the Western Cape, South Africa Abstract: Computer Aided Sperm Analysis is currently well established in domestic animals. Apart from sperm concentration and sperm motility assessment (percentage groupings, [...]
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 [...]
Freezability of Andalusian donkey (Equus asinus) spermatozoa: effect of extenders and permeating cryoprotectants D. Acha, M. Hidalgo, I. Ortiz, M. J. Gálvez, J. J. Carrasco, V. Gómez-Arrones and J. Dorado Veterinary Reproduction Group, Department of Animal Medicine and Surgery, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Cordoba, Campus de Rabanales (Edif. Hospital Clínico Veterinario), Ctra. Madrid-Cádiz, [...]
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 [...]
Effect of single layer centrifugation using Androcoll-E-Large on the sperm quality parameters of cooled-stored donkey semen doses Ortiz I, Dorado J, Ramírez L, Morrell JM, Acha D, Urbano M, Gálvez MJ, Carrasco JJ, Gómez-Arrones V, Calero-Carretero R, Hidalgo M Animal Reproduction Group, Department of Animal Medicine and Surgery, University of Cordoba, 14071 Cordoba, Spain; Department [...]
Effects of dilution and centrifugation on the survival of spermatozoa and the structure of motile sperm cell subpopulations in refrigerated Catalonian donkey semen J. Miró, E. Taberner, M. Rivera, A. Peña, A. Medrano, T. Rigau, A. Peñalba Department of Animal Medicine and Surgery, School of Veterinary Medicine, Autonomous University of Barcelona, E-08193 Bellaterra, Spain The [...]
Epididymal sperm cryopreservation of one Somalia wild ass (Equus Africanus Somaliensis) using six different extenders M. Álvarez, F. Martínez-Pastor, V. García-Macías, S. Borragán, M. Celada, J. Bernardo, N. Gonzalez, S. Alves and L. Anel Animal Reproduction, University of León, León, Spain; Cell Biology, University of León, León, Spain; Cabarceno Park, Santander, Cantabria, Spain The Somalia [...]
Sperm motility patterns and metabolism in Catalonian donkey semen Miro J, Lobo V, Quintero-Moreno A, Medrano A, Pena A, Rigau T Unit of Reproduction, Department of Animal Medicine and Surgery, School of Veterinary Medicine, Autonomous University of Barcelona, E-08193 Bellaterra, Spain The Sperm-Class Analyzer detected four subpopulations of spermatozoa with different motility characteristics in the [...]
