Effect of transportation temperature on the quality of cauda epididymal spermatozoa of ram

Animal Reproduction Science

Volumn 123, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 54-59

  Lone, F A ^a   Islam, R ^a   Khan, M Z ^a   Sofi, K A ^a  

^a SHER E KASHMIR UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY OF KASHMIR   (India)

Author keywords

Cauda epididymides; Ram; Sperm quality; Storage; Transportation temperature

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; EPIDIDYMIS; EVALUATION; HISTOLOGY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; ORGAN SIZE; PHYSIOLOGY; QUALITY CONTROL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SHEEP; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERM RETRIEVAL; SPERMATOZOON; TEMPERATURE; TESTIS; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT;

ANIMALS; EPIDIDYMIS; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; QUALITY CONTROL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SHEEP; SPERM RETRIEVAL; SPERMATOZOA; TEMPERATURE; TESTIS; TRANSPORTATION;

ANIMALIA; BOVIDAE;

EID: 78751704595     PISSN: 03784320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anireprosci.2010.10.012     Document Type: Article

References (18)

1. Blom E. Sperm morphology with reference to bull infertility. Some Papers Contributed to the 1st All India Symposium on Animal Reproduction 1977, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, India, pp. 66-81.
2. Foote R.H. Fertilizing ability of epididymal sperm from dead animals. J. Androl. 2000, 21:355.
3. Garde J.J., Ortiz N., Garci{dotless}óa A., Gallego L., Landete-Castillejos T., Loópez-Saóez A. Postmortem assessment of sperm characteristics of the red deer during the breeding season. Arch. Androl. 1998, 41:195-202.
4. Guerrero, C.A., 2006. Cryopreservation and intracytooplasmic sperm injection with bovine epididymal spermatozoa. A Ph.D. Dissertation submitted to the B.S., Lousiana State University.
5. Kaabi M., Paz P., Alvarez M., Anel E., Boixo J.C., Rouissi H., Herraez P., Anel L. Effect of epididymis handling conditions on the quality of ram spermatozoa recovered post-mortem. Theriogenology 2003, 60:1249-1259.
6. Martinez-Pastor F., Guerra C., Kaabi M., Diaz A.R., Anel E., Herraez P., de Paz P., Anel L. Decay of sperm obtained from epididymes of wild ruminants depending on postmortem time. Theriogenology 2005, 63:24-40.
7. Martins C.F., Driessen K., Melo Costa P., Carvalho-Neto J.O., de Sousa R.V., Rumpf R., Dode M.N. Recovery, cryopreservation and fertilization potential of bovine spermatozoa obtained from epididymides stored at 5°C by different periods of time. Anim. Repro. Sci. 2009, 018. 10.1016/j.anireprosci.2008.12.
8. Neild D., Miragaya M., Chaves G., Pinto M., Alonso A., Gambarotta M., Losinno L., Ag̈uero A. Cryopreservation of cauda epididymis spermatozoa from slaughterhouse testicles 24h after ground transportation. Anim. Reprod. Sci. 2006, 94:92-95.
9. O'Brien S.J., Wildt D.E., Goldman D., Merril C.R., Bush M. The cheetah is depauperate in genetic variation. Science 1983, 221:459-462.
10. O'Brien S.J. Genetic phylogenetic analysis of endangered species. Ann. Rev. Genet. 1994, 28:467-489.
11. Salamon S., Maxwell W.M. Storage of ram semen. Anim. Reprod. Sci. 2000, 62:77-111.
12. Sankai T., Tsuchiya H., Ogonuki N. Short-term nonfrozen storage of mouse epididymal spermatozoa. Theriogenology 2001, 55:1759-1768.
13. Santiago-Moreno J., Toledano-Diaz A., Pulido-Pastor A., Gomez-Brunet A., Lopez-Sebastian A. Birth of live Spanish ibex (Capra pyrenaica hispanica) derived from artificial insemination with epididymal spermatozoa retrieved after death. Theriogenology 2006, 66:283-291.
14. Toshimori K. Biology of spermatozoa maturation: an overview with an introduction to this issue. Microsc. Res. Technol. 2003, 61:1-6.
15. Wildt D.E., Schiewe M.C., Schmidt P.M., Goodrowe K.L., Howard J.G., Phillips L.G. Developing animal model systems for embryo technologies in rare and endangered wildlife. Theriogenology 1986, 25(1):33-51.
16. Wildt D.E., Rall W.F., Critser J.K., Monfort S.L., Seal U.S. Genome resource banks: living collections for biodiversity conservation. Bioscience 1997, 47(10):689-701.
17. Watson P.F. Use of giemsa stain to detect changes in acrosomes of frozen ram spermatozoa. Vet. Rec. 1975, 97:12-15.
18. Zemjanis R. Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques in Animal Reproduction 1970, Williams and Wilkins Co., Baltimore. 2nd ed.