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, [...]
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 [...]
Use of hypometabolic TRIS extenders and high cooling rate refrigeration for cryopreservation of stallion sperm: Presence and sensitivity of 5′ AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) Alex Córdova, Pablo Strobel, Andrés Vallejo, Pamela Valenzuela, Omar Ulloa, Rafael A. Burgos, Bruno Menarim, Joan Enric Rodríguez-Gil, Marcelo Ratto, Alfredo Ramírez-Reveco Instituto de Ciencia Animal, Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias, Universidad [...]
Presence and function of dopamine transporter (DAT) in stallion sperm: dopamine modulates sperm motility and acrosomal integrity Urra JA, Villaroel-Espíndola F, Covarrubias AA, Rodríguez-Gil JE, Ramírez-Reveco A, Concha II. Escuela de Graduados, Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias, Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia, Chile; Instituto de Bioquímica y Microbiología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia, [...]
Assessment of cryopreserved sperm motility from colombian creole stallions by Sperm Class Analyzer Giovanni Restrepo, Daniel Ocampo, Andrés Velásquez Department of Agrarian Sciences, Politécnico Colombiano Jaime Isaza Cadavid, Colombia. Reproduction plays a key role in the genetic improvement in horses. Equine semen cryopreservation is a complementary technique to reproductive biotechnology processes. However, only 40% of the horses [...]
Pregnancy in the Caspian miniature horse using frozen semen cryopreserved with the EquiPRO CryoGuard freeze medium and customized freezing protocols Hiva Alipour DVM, Mina Sharbatoghli MSc, Poopak Eftekhari Yazdi PhD, Abdolhossein Shahverdi PhD, Mohamad Taghi Daneshzadeh DVM, Masoud Afshani DVM, Seied Jalal Mirian DVM, Hormoz Hamidi DVM, Ahmad Reza Mohammadi DVM, Mojtaba Rezazadeh Valojerdi PhD [...]
Simple and economic colloidal centrifugation protocols may be incorporated into the clinical equine sperm processing procedure Gutiérrez-Cepeda L, Fernández A, Crespo F, Gosálvez J, Serres C Animal Medicine and Surgery Department, Veterinary Faculty, UCM, Avda. Puerta de Hierro s/n, Ciudad Universitaria, 28040 Madrid, Spain; Centro Militar de Cría Caballar, (FESCCR-Ministerio de Defensa), C/Arsenio Gutiérrez Palacios [...]
Sperm characterization of Asturcon ponies after collection and equilibration/refrigeration before freezing C. Tamargo, C. Díez, J. De La Fuente, M. Carbajo, J. M. Benito and C. O. Hidalgo Servicio Regional de Investigación y Desarrollo Agroalimentario; University of Castilla-La Mancha; The need to conserve farm animal biodiversity is accepted by many countries through the ratification of [...]
