scholarly journals Establishing the hypoosmotic swelling test for sperm analysis in collared peccaries (Pecari tajacu)

2013 ◽  
Vol 65 (4) ◽  
pp. 1257-1260 ◽  
Author(s):  
E.A.A. Santos ◽  
P.C. Sousa ◽  
G.C.X. Peixoto ◽  
B.R. Simão ◽  
M.F. Oliveira ◽  
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2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-5 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jurandy Mauro Penitente-Filho ◽  
Fabrício Albani Oliveira ◽  
Carolina Rodriguez Jimenez ◽  
Erly Carrascal ◽  
Júlio César Oliveira Dias ◽  
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The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of vitamin E associated with rapid thawing on cryopreserved goat semen. Two bucks were used and eight ejaculates per animal were collected using artificial vagina. Semen was diluted with the following treatments: BIOXCELL (control), BIOXCELL + Equex (sodium lauryl sulphate) and BIOXCELL + vitamin E 100 μM. Semen was packaged into 0.25 mL straws and cooled at 5°C for 1 hour. Freezing was performed in liquid nitrogen vapor (−155°C) during 15 minutes. Then, the straws were immersed in liquid nitrogen (−196°C). Straws were thawed at 38°C/60 seconds or at 60°C/7 seconds with immediate sperm analysis. Hypoosmotic swelling test was performed adding a 20 μL aliquot of thawed semen to 1 mL of hypoosmotic solution (100 mOsm·Kg−1) followed by incubation during 60 minutes in water bath (38°C). Vitamin E did not affect any studied parameters (P>0.05). Nevertheless, defrosting rate of 60°C/7 seconds improved sperm membrane functional integrity (P<0.05). Current knowledge about goat semen cryopreservation is not sufficient to ensure high post-thawing recovery rates; thus, this study brings important data about using antioxidants and different thawing rates on cryopreservation process.


2014 ◽  
Vol 83 (4) ◽  
pp. 313-319 ◽  
Author(s):  
Petra Přinosilová ◽  
Věra Kopecká ◽  
Jaroslava Hlavicová ◽  
Monika Kunetková

Routine methods for the evaluation of sperm quality are not sufficiently useful to determine the sensitivity of sperm cells to cold shock. The aim of our preliminary study was to determine whether the sperm plasma membrane integrity evaluated by modified hypoosmotic swelling test based on simple hypoosmotic swelling test (HOS test) and eosin-nigrosin staining could be helpful in predicting the degree of boar sperm survivability during semen cryopreservation. Ejaculates collected from 24 boars and 20 bulls were used in the experiment. Fresh ejaculates were evaluated by routine sperm analysis and a modified HOS test, and subsequently frozen. Sperm cryosurvivability was defined as the percentage of motile spermatozoa that survived the freezing process. A higher percentage of sperm was recovered after the thawing of semen with a higher percentage of HOS-positive and eosin-negative sperm (P < 0.01). Both indicators were found to be correlated (r = 0.707 and r = 0.705, respectively; P < 0.01). Moreover, the percentage of HOS-positive and eosin-negative sperm was similar to the percentage of viable sperm after thawing as determined by traditional eosin-nigrosin staining in boars (50.90 ± 9.88% and 49.31 ± 11.63%, respectively) and bulls (55.91 ± 10.34% and 55.63 ± 6.64%, respectively) and both indicators showed a positive correlation (r = 0.558 and r = 0.504, respectively; P < 0.05). In conclusion, based on the obtained results, we can assume that the modified HOS test can detect differences in sperm membrane resistance which allows assessment of semen quality from the perspective of its further use, e.g. cryopreservation.


Author(s):  
Байлар Садраддинович Иолчиев ◽  
Анна Валиевна Таджиева ◽  
Павел Михайлович Кленовицкий ◽  
Вугар Алиевич Багиров ◽  
Александр Алексеевич Никишов ◽  
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Практической частью репродуктивной технологии является прогноз и оценка фертильности самцов. Существующие методы оценки семени не дают достаточно корректного прогноза результатов осеменения и, следовательно, репродуктивного потенциала того или иного производителя. В работе приведены данные комплексной оценки биологической полноценности семени чистопородных и гибридных хряков-производителей с использованием компьютерной технологии CASA (computer-assisted sperm analysis). Оценивали активность сперматозоидов в образцах классическим способом (микроскопирование) и с помощью компьютерной технологии, программа «Зоосперм 1.0». Исследования проводили в 2014 – 2015 гг. в Лаборатории репродуктивной криобиологии животных (Россия). Объектом исследования служила сперма чистопородных и гибридных хряков-производителей, разводимых в разных регионах Российской Федерации: крупная белая (n = 24), дюрок (n = 28), ландрас (n = 18), пьетрен (n = 8), гибридные (n = 6). Установлено, что высокими репродуктивными качествами отличаются хряки-производители породы ландрас и гибридов, от них в среднем за эякулят получено 290,2 и 290,6 мл спермы соответственно; наименьшими — хряки-производители породы пьетрен (270 мл). Частота встречаемости сперматозоидов с аномальной морфологией высокая у хряков-производителей породы дюрок (12 %) и пьетрен (15 %). Частота встречаемости аномалии в разных сегментах сперматозоидов зависит от индивидуальной особенности хряков-производителей. У одних производителей наиболее часто встречаются морфологические отклонения головки, например, у хряка породы ландрас оно составило 58,60 %, у других часто встречались отклонения от нормы в строении жгутика (12,1 – 29,3 %). Использование компьютерной технологии при оценке биологической полноценности сперматозоидов хряков-производителей является наиболее точным и информативным.


2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Micaela Camino ◽  
Sebasti�n Cirignoli ◽  
Diego Varela ◽  
Fernando Barri ◽  
Gustavo Aprile ◽  
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2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniela C. Sánchez ◽  
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María C. Rodríguez Cano ◽  
Ana C. Cadavid ◽  
Ana L. González ◽  
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2019 ◽  
Vol 60 (2) ◽  
pp. 303-305
Author(s):  
Valdir Leite da Silva ◽  
José Cândido ◽  
José Nelson Campanha ◽  
Doraci R. de Oliveira ◽  
Carla Gheler-Costa ◽  
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Animals ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (7) ◽  
pp. 1885
Author(s):  
José Néstor Caamaño ◽  
Carolina Tamargo ◽  
Inmaculada Parrilla ◽  
Felipe Martínez-Pastor ◽  
Lorena Padilla ◽  
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Genetic resource banks (GRB) preserve the genetic material of endangered, valuable individuals or genetically relevant breeds. Semen cryopreservation is a crucial technique to reach these goals. Thus, we aimed to assess the sperm parameters of semen doses from the native pig breed Gochu Asturcelta stored at the GRB of Principado de Asturias (GRB-PA, Gijón, Spain), focusing on intrinsic and extrinsic (boar, season) factors. Two straws per boar (n = 18, 8–71 months of age) were thawed, pooled, and assessed after 30 and 150 min at 37 °C by CASA (computer-assisted sperm analysis system; motility and kinematic parameters) and flow cytometry (viability, acrosomal status, mitochondrial activity, apoptosis, reactive oxygen species, and chromatin status). The effects of age, incubation, and season on post-thawing quality were determined using linear mixed-effects models. Parameters were on the range for commercial boar breeds, with chromatin status (SCSA: fragmentation and immaturity) being excellent. Incubation decreased sperm quality and functionality. The boar age did not have a significant effect (p > 0.05), but the between-boar variability was significant (p < 0.001). The season significantly affected many parameters (motility, kinematics, viability, acrosomal status, mitochondrial activity), especially after 150 min of incubation. In general, samples collected in spring and summer showed higher quality post-thawing, the lowest in winter. In conclusion, the sperm doses from the Gochu Asturcelta breed stored at the GRB-PA showed excellent chromatin status and acceptable characteristics after thawing. Therefore, boar and seasonal variability in this autochthonous breed could be relevant for cryobank management.


Author(s):  
Changsheng Dai ◽  
Zhuoran Zhang ◽  
Guanqiao Shan ◽  
Lap-Tak Chu ◽  
Zongjie Huang ◽  
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2017 ◽  
Vol 29 (8) ◽  
pp. 1576 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rocío Fernández-Gago ◽  
Manuel Álvarez-Rodríguez ◽  
Marta E. Alonso ◽  
J. Ramiro González ◽  
Beatriz Alegre ◽  
...  

Seminal plasma could have positive effects on boar semen after thawing. In the present study we investigated changes in the motility and chromatin structure in spermatozoa over 4 h incubation (37°C) of boar semen thawed in the presence of 0%, 10% or 50% seminal plasma from good-fertility boars. Cryopreserved doses were used from seven males, three of which were identified as susceptible to post-thawing chromatin alterations. Motility was analysed by computer-aided sperm analysis every hour, and data were used in a two-step clustering, yielding three subpopulations of spermatozoa (slow non-linear, fast non-linear, fast linear). Chromatin structure was analysed using a sperm chromatin structure assay and flow cytometry to determine the DNA fragmentation index (%DFI) as a percentage, the standard deviation of the DFI (SD-DFI) and the percentage of high DNA stainability (%HDS), indicating chromatin compaction. Thawing without seminal plasma resulted in a rapid loss of motility, whereas seminal plasma helped maintain motility throughout the incubation period and preserved the subpopulation comprising fast and linear spermatozoa. The incidence of chromatin alterations was very low in samples from non-susceptible males, whereas samples from males susceptible to post-thawing chromatin alterations exhibited marked alterations in %DFI and %HDS. Seminal plasma partly prevented these alterations in samples from susceptible males. Overall, 50% seminal plasma was the most efficient concentration to protect motility and chromatin. Some changes were concomitant with physiological events reported previously (e.g., semen thawed with 50% seminal plasma increased the production of reactive oxygen species and yielded higher fertility after AI). Thawing in the presence of seminal plasma could be particularly useful in the case of samples susceptible to post-thawing chromatin damage.


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