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Salama MS, Ashour MA, Taher ES, Rashed F, Ibrahim IM, El-Nablaway M, Ibrahim AM, Mihaela O, Olga R, Mohammed NA, Abdeen A, Shukry M. Effect of autologous platelet-rich plasma on the fertility and quality of cryopreserved buffalo bull semen: a comparative study using OptiXcell® and tris egg yolk extenders. BMC Vet Res 2024; 20:250. [PMID: 38849855 PMCID: PMC11157829 DOI: 10.1186/s12917-024-04022-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2024] [Accepted: 04/17/2024] [Indexed: 06/09/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND Buffalo spermatozoa have a distinct membrane structure that makes them more vulnerable to cryopreservation, resulting in lower-quality post-thawed sperm. This decreases the success rate of artificial insemination in buffaloes. Understanding and addressing these specific vulnerabilities are essential for improving reproductive techniques in buffalo populations. The properties of cryopreserved buffalo bull semen were examined in this study regarding the impact of adding autologous platelet-rich plasma (PRP) to OptiXcell® or Tris egg yolk-based extenders. Ten buffalo bulls were used to collect semen. Each bull's ejaculate was separated into two main equal amounts, each of which was then diluted with either OptiXcell® or Tris egg yolk-based extender, supplemented with various PRP concentrations (5%, 10%, and 15%), and the control (0%), before being cryopreserved according to established protocols. Following equilibration and thawing, the quality and functionality of the sperm were evaluated, along with the antioxidant enzyme activities (GSH and TAC), malondialdehyde (MDA) content, and in vivo fertilization rate of the thawed semen. RESULTS All PRP concentrations in both extenders, particularly 10% PRP, improved the quality and functionality of the sperm in both equilibrated and frozen-thawed semen. Additionally, the antioxidant enzyme activities in both extenders were higher in the PRP-supplemented groups compared to the control group in thawed semen (P < 0.05). All post-thaw sperm quality, antioxidant enzyme activities, and functionality aside from DNA integrity were higher (P < 0.05) in the PRP-supplemented OptiXcell® than in the PRP-supplemented Tris egg yolk-based extender. The fertility of cryopreserved semen in the extenders supplemented with 10% and 15% PRP increased (P < 0.05) significantly more than that of the control extenders, with 10% PRP being the optimum concentration in OptiXcell® (80%) compared to that of Tris egg yolk-based extender (66.67%) and control of two extenders (53.33% and 46.67%, respectively). CONCLUSIONS Even though autologous PRP-supplemented extenders have a protective impact on equilibrated and cryopreserved semen, 10% PRP-supplemented OptiXcell® extenders are more effective at preserving post-thaw semen quality, functionality, and antioxidant capacity, which increases the in vivo fertility of buffalo bulls.
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- Maha S Salama
- Animal Reproduction Research Institute (ARRI), Agricultural Research Center (ARC), Giza, Egypt
- Animal Production Research Institute (APRI), Agricultural Research Center (ARC), Dokki, Egypt
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- Riwina Animal Production Farm, Agricultural Research Center (ARC), Ministry of Agriculture, Kafrelsheikh, 33516, Egypt
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- Department of Basic Medical and Dental Sciences, Faculty of Dentistry, Zarqa University, Zarqa, 13110, Jordan
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- Department of Basic Medical and Dental Sciences, Faculty of Dentistry, Zarqa University, Zarqa, 13110, Jordan
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- Sakha Animal Production Station, Agricultural Research Center (ARC), Ministry of Agriculture, Kafrelsheikh, 33516, Egypt
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- Department of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, AlMaarefa University, 71666, Riyadh, 11597, Saudi Arabia
- Department of Medical Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura University, Mansoura, 35516, Egypt
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- Department of Administration and Nursing Education, College of Nursing, Prince Sattam bin Abdulaziz University, Al-Kharj, 11942, Saudi Arabia
- Family and Community Health Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing, Port-Said University, Port-Said, 42526, Egypt
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Life Sciences King Mihai I, Timisoara, Romania.
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Life Sciences King Mihai I, Timisoara, Romania
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- Physiology and Biochemistry Department, Faculty of Medicine, Mutah University, Mutah, Al-Karak, 61710, Jordan
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- Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Benha University, Toukh, 13736, Egypt
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- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Kafrelsheikh University, Kafrelsheikh, 33516, Egypt.
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Imani S, Zhandi M, Towhidi A, Zaghari M, Yousefi AR, Sharafi M, Nadri T. Determining the Optimal Dosage of Lecithin Nanoliposome in Rooster Semen Freezing Medium and Fertility Potential. Biopreserv Biobank 2022; 21:191-199. [PMID: 35788145 DOI: 10.1089/bio.2021.0115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Introduction: Lecithin nanoliposome (nano-LPO), with its cryoprotective properties, is considered to enhance the performance of a traditional semen cryoprotectant. Objective: To determine the optimal dose of lecithin nano-LPO added to the rooster semen extender. Materials and Methods: Semen samples collected weekly from eight broiler breeder roosters were mixed and aliquoted into five equal subsamples, during the five successive weeks. The subsamples were then diluted with a semen extender containing 0%, 0.5%, 1%, 1.5%, or 2% of lecithin nano-LPO. Post-thawed semen quality attributes, including sperm motility and velocity parameters, plasma membrane functionality, mitochondrial membrane potential (MMP), apoptosis-like changes, and fertility potential, were evaluated. Results: Total motility and velocity parameters, including curvilinear velocity (VCL), straight-line velocity (VSL), average path velocity μm/s (VAP), straightness (STR), linearity (LIN), lateral head displacement (ALH), and wobble (WOB) were quadratically (p < 0.01) influenced by graded levels of lecithin nano-LPO, such that the highest values were obtained when 1% of lecithin nano-LPO was used. Treatments had no significant effect on plasma membrane functionality; however, MMP (p < 0.08) and percentages of live and dead spermatozoa (p < 0.05) quadratically responded to increasing levels of lecithin nano-LPO, where the best outcome was found when about 1% of lecithin nano-LPO was used in the semen extender. The percentage of apoptotic spermatozoa cubically responded to increasing levels of lecithin nano-LPO (p ≤ 0.07). No significant trend of fertility rate was found in response to addition of lecithin nano-LPO levels. Conclusions: Supplementing an extender with 1.10% of lecithin nano-LPO is shown to be the optimal dose associated with the most improvement in post-thawed rooster sperm velocity measurements.
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- Saeideh Imani
- Department of Animal Science, College of Agriculture and Natural Resource, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran
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- Department of Animal Science, College of Agriculture and Natural Resource, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran
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- Department of Animal Science, College of Agriculture and Natural Resource, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran
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- Department of Animal Science, College of Agriculture and Natural Resource, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran
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- Department of Pathology and Experimental Animals, Razi Vaccine and Serum Research Institute, Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Karaj, Iran
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- Department of Poultry Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran.,Department of Embryology, Reproduction Biomedicine Research Center, Royan Institute for Reproductive Biomedicine, ACER, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Animal Science, College of Agriculture and Natural Resource, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran
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Tar M, Towhidi A, Zeinoaldini S, Zhandi M, Mohammadi-Sangcheshmeh A, Moazeni Zadeh MH. Effects of different ultrastructures of lecithin on cryosurvival of goat spermatozoa. Andrologia 2021; 53:e14183. [PMID: 34255371 DOI: 10.1111/and.14183] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2020] [Revised: 05/04/2021] [Accepted: 06/09/2021] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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This study was to evaluate the effects of two different ultrastructures of lecithin including nanoparticles (NPE mostly nanomicelles) and lecithin nanoliposome (NLE) with egg yolk extender (EYE) on goat sperm cryopreservation. Semen samples were collected from 6 goats, then pooled, diluted and then frozen. Motility and motion parameters, plasma membrane integrity and functionality, morphology, apoptosis status (Annexin V-PI), acrosome integrity, DNA fragmentation and in vitro fertilisation were assessed. Total motility and most motion parameters were higher in EYE (p < .05) compared with the two lecithin extenders, while there were no significant differences between NLE and NPE. NLE and NPE had higher values for viable spermatozoa (Annexin V-PI) (p < .05) compared with EYE. The highest value for dead spermatozoa was observed in EYE (p = .08). A higher percentage of DNA fragmentation (p < .05) was detected in EYE compared with NPE. Plasma membrane integrity and functionality, morphology, acrosome integrity and fertility of spermatozoa indicated no significant differences between extenders. Data suggested that ultrastructural changes of lecithin (micelles versus. liposome) could not improve the sperm cryosurvival of goat spermatozoa. Moreover, we cannot also claim that lecithin-based diluent supplies better protection compared with the egg yolk in goat.
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- Mohammad Tar
- Department of Animal Science, Campus of Agriculture & Natural Resources, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran
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- Department of Animal Science, Campus of Agriculture & Natural Resources, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran
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- Department of Animal Science, Campus of Agriculture & Natural Resources, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran
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- Department of Animal Science, Campus of Agriculture & Natural Resources, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran
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Bustani GS, Baiee FH. Semen extenders: An evaluative overview of preservative mechanisms of semen and semen extenders. Vet World 2021; 14:1220-1233. [PMID: 34220124 PMCID: PMC8243668 DOI: 10.14202/vetworld.2021.1220-1233] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2020] [Accepted: 03/25/2021] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Reproduction is fundamental for all living things as it ensures the continued existence of a species and an improved economy in animal husbandry. Reproduction has developed since history, and diverse processes, such as artificial insemination and in vitro fertilization, have been developed. Semen extenders were discovered and developed to protect sperm from harmful factors, such as freeze and osmotic shock, oxidative stress, and cell injury by ice crystals. Semen extenders preserve sperm by stabilizing its properties, including sperm morphology, motility, and viability and membrane, acrosomal, and DNA integrity. Therefore, semen extenders must provide a favorable pH, adenosine triphosphate, anti-cooling and anti-freeze shock, and antioxidant activity to improve semen quality for fertilization. Hence, this review provides precise data on different semen extenders, preservative mechanisms, and essential additives for semen extenders in different animals.
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- Department of Clinical Science, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Kufa, Kufa 54003, Najaf, Iraq
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Rowell J, Geary T, Blake J, Zezeski AL, Shipka M. The effects of short-term medroxyprogesterone acetate on rut related behaviors, semen characteristics and fertility in farmed reindeer bulls. Theriogenology 2019; 140:201-209. [PMID: 31491645 DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2019.08.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2019] [Revised: 08/23/2019] [Accepted: 08/25/2019] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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The effects of medroxyprogesterone acetate (MPA) on velvet antler cleaning, hypophagia, aggressive behavior and fertility were evaluated in farmed reindeer bulls during a 2-year study. Eight reindeer bulls aged 1-4 years were divided into 2 groups balanced for age. During each year, one group (MPA, n = 4) was treated with MPA 2 wk prior to the expected onset of rut while the other group (CTL, n = 4) served as untreated controls. Feed consumption, behavior and antler cleaning were recorded daily or 3 x weekly for 3 mo. Each year a dominant CTL and MPA bull were put into separate harems of estrous synchronized females for 1 wk in mid-September. Following harem breakup, semen was collected from all bulls via electroejaculation and evaluated. In Year 2 the bulls were switched such that year 1 MPA bulls received the CTL treatment and year 1 CTL bulls received MPA treatment. In Year 2 all eight bulls received MPA treatment/booster following semen collection. In both years, MPA treatment reduced rut associated body weight loss (p ≤ 0.05), rut associated hypophagia (p ≤ 0.001), interfered with velvet antler cleaning, and abolished aggressive rut related behavior. All of these changes suggest suppression of testosterone mediated effects. Alternatively, semen parameters differed little between treatment groups with the exception of reduced sperm concentration and total sperm production in MPA bulls (p ≤ 0.05). All CTL bulls in Year 2 exhibited full rut behavior with the dominant bull successfully breeding 100% of females available for breeding, suggesting no carryover effect of MPA treatment from the previous year. The MPA bull successfully bred 4 of 6 females (Year 1) but the MPA bull in Year 2 failed to sire any offspring. A single 400 mg treatment of MPA just prior to rut was sufficient to suppress rut associated aggression and hypophagia on a short-term (3 mo) basis. It did not however, completely suppress fertility.
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- Janice Rowell
- School of Natural Resources and Extension, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, 99775-7200, United States.
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- USDA-Agricultural Research Service, Fort Keogh, Miles City, MT, 59301, United States
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- Animal Resources Center, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, 99775-6980, United States
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- USDA-Agricultural Research Service, Fort Keogh, Miles City, MT, 59301, United States
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- School of Natural Resources and Extension, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, 99775-7200, United States
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Animal protein-free OptiXcell and shortened equilibration periods can replace egg yolk-based extender and slow cooling for rhinoceros semen cryopreservation. Cryobiology 2019; 89:21-25. [PMID: 31226254 DOI: 10.1016/j.cryobiol.2019.06.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2019] [Revised: 05/28/2019] [Accepted: 06/17/2019] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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OptiXcell (OP) was tested as an animal protein-free alternative to an egg yolk-based extender for rhinoceros semen cryopreservation and shorter chilling/equilibration periods were evaluated. Semen was collected from three rhinoceros species: black (Diceros bicornis; n = 2), white (Ceratotherium simum; n = 2), and greater one-horned (GOH; Rhinoceros unicornis; n = 3). Controls were diluted with equine extender (EQ) or OP and equilibrated for 1 h. Treatments were diluted with extender and cooled for 15 min (fast: FEQ; FOP) or not cooled (immediate: IEQ; IOP), prior to cryopreservation. Motility decreased post-thaw (EQ: 50.7 ± 5.2%; OP: 52.9 ± 3.4%) from fresh (82.9 ± 2.9%), was higher in OP than IOP (38.6 ± 4.9%; P ≤ 0.05) and decreased over time (P ≤ 0.05). Post-thaw acrosomal integrity was lower in EQ, FEQ, and IEQ (56.9 ± 0.7; 56.6 ± 4.5; 54.9 ± 2.9%) than OP, FOP, IOP (71.8 ± 4.7; 71.9 ± 3.8; 69.9 ± 4.5%) and fresh (72.6 ± 1.4%; P ≤ 0.05). Progression and viability were lower in EQ (2.8 ± 0.2; 61.9 ± 7.4%) and OP (3.1 ± 0.2; 53.4 ± 6.9%) than fresh (3.7 ± 0.2; 87.2 ± 1.3%), decreased over time (P ≤ 0.05) but not different among treatments (P > 0.05). Morphology did not differ between fresh (75.0 ± 4.9% normal) and any treatment group (70.0-77.8%) or over time (P > 0.05). OptiXcell is comparable to egg yolk-based EQ when used for rhinoceros semen cryopreservation. Furthermore, chilling/equilibration can be reduced with little impact on sperm characteristics.
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Charlton SJ, Nielsen MB, Pedersen CR, Thomsen L, Kristjansen MP, Sørensen TB, Pertoldi C, Strand J. Strong Heterogeneity in Advances in Cryopreservation Techniques in the Mammalian Orders. Zoolog Sci 2019; 35:1-22. [PMID: 29417894 DOI: 10.2108/zs170037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Between 1970 and 2012, vertebrate abundance has declined by 58% with an average annual decline of 2%, calling for serious action to prevent a mass extinction and an irreversible loss of biodiversity. Cryobanks and cryopreservation have the potential to assist and improve ex situ and in situ conservation strategies by storing valuable genetic material. A great deal of studies concerning cryopreservation have been performed within the class Mammalia, although no systematic overview has previously been presented. The objective of this study is therefore to evaluate the status, pattern and future of cryopreservation within Mammalia. A strong disproportional distribution of studies in examined orders is displayed. For the majority of examined orders less than 10% of species has been examined. However, the cryopreservation of germplasm has in several cases been successful and resulted in successful applications of assisted reproductive techniques (ARTs). Various obstacles are associated with the development of cryopreservation protocols, and among them the most prominent is interspecific differences in cryotolerance. Extrapolation of protocols in closely related species is considered the most applicable procedure, and a future supplement to overcome this problem is the examination and comparison of cryobiological traits. Successful protocols have been developed for the vast majority of domesticated mammals, which gives incentive for the further extrapolation of protocols in threatened species.
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- Sebastian J Charlton
- 1 Department of Chemistry and Bioscience, Aalborg University, Fredrik Bajers Vej 7H, 9220 Aalborg, Denmark
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- 1 Department of Chemistry and Bioscience, Aalborg University, Fredrik Bajers Vej 7H, 9220 Aalborg, Denmark
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- 1 Department of Chemistry and Bioscience, Aalborg University, Fredrik Bajers Vej 7H, 9220 Aalborg, Denmark
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- 1 Department of Chemistry and Bioscience, Aalborg University, Fredrik Bajers Vej 7H, 9220 Aalborg, Denmark
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- 1 Department of Chemistry and Bioscience, Aalborg University, Fredrik Bajers Vej 7H, 9220 Aalborg, Denmark
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- 1 Department of Chemistry and Bioscience, Aalborg University, Fredrik Bajers Vej 7H, 9220 Aalborg, Denmark
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- 1 Department of Chemistry and Bioscience, Aalborg University, Fredrik Bajers Vej 7H, 9220 Aalborg, Denmark.,2 Aalborg Zoo, Aalborg, Mølleparkvej 63, 9000 Aalborg, Denmark
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- 3 Randers Regnskov, Randers, Tørvebryggen 11, 8900 Randers, Denmark
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Furthner E, Cordonnier N, Le Dudal M, Fontbonne A, Freiche V. Is electroejaculation a safe procedure in cats? An endoscopic and histological prospective blinded study. Theriogenology 2018; 119:69-75. [DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2018.06.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2018] [Revised: 06/11/2018] [Accepted: 06/18/2018] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Stewart JL, Shipley CF, Ellerbrock RE, Lima FS, Canisso IF. Variation in post-thaw sperm quality of white-tailed deer bucks (Odocoileus virginianus) during rut. Anim Reprod Sci 2018; 195:121-130. [DOI: 10.1016/j.anireprosci.2018.05.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2018] [Revised: 04/29/2018] [Accepted: 05/14/2018] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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Naz S, Umair M, Iqbal S. Comparison of Tris egg yolk-based, Triladyl®
and Optixell®
extender on post-thaw quality, Kinematics and in vivo fertility of Nili Ravi Buffalo (Bubalus bubalis)
bull spermatozoa. Andrologia 2018; 50:e13063. [DOI: 10.1111/and.13063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2018] [Revised: 04/19/2018] [Accepted: 05/15/2018] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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- Sadia Naz
- Animal Reproduction & Genetics Program; Animal Sciences Institute; National Agricultural Research Centre; Islamabad Pakistan
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- Semen Production Unit Qadirabad; Sahiwal Pakistan
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Kirschner S, Rodenkirch R. Assessment of butorphanol-azaperone-medetomidine combination as anesthesia for semen collection and evaluation of semen quality in white-tailed deer ( Odocoileus virginianus ). Anim Reprod Sci 2017; 184:196-203. [DOI: 10.1016/j.anireprosci.2017.07.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2017] [Revised: 07/12/2017] [Accepted: 07/24/2017] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Comparison of Centrifugation and Noncentrifugation Methods to Cryopreserve Stallion Epididymal Semen. J Equine Vet Sci 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jevs.2016.11.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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