Suitability of the hemi-zona assay for the evaluation of the effect of the length of the equilibration period before cryopreservation
The aim of this study was to test the suitability of the interspecific hemizona assay (HZA) to predict the fertilizing capacity of bovine sperm after modifying the length of the equilibration period before freezing and thawing. Ejaculates from 10 proven fertile bulls were split after dilution, equil...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Theriogenology 2018-01, Vol.106, p.157-163 |
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Zusammenfassung: | The aim of this study was to test the suitability of the interspecific hemizona assay (HZA) to predict the fertilizing capacity of bovine sperm after modifying the length of the equilibration period before freezing and thawing. Ejaculates from 10 proven fertile bulls were split after dilution, equilibrated at 4 °C for either 24 h (control sperm = CS) or 6, 48, 72 or 96 h (test sperm = TS) and cryopreserved. Hemizona (HZ) pairs from in vitro matured pig oocytes were used for the heterologous HZA: After thawing and swim-up (1 h) CS and TS were co-incubated with matching HZ (125,000 S/HZ in 25 μL Fert-TALP) for 4 h. Spermatological analyses (progressive motile sperm (PMS), plasma membrane- and acrosome-intact sperm (PMAI), sperm showing a high degree of DNA fragmentation (%DFI)) were performed after 0 and 3 h of incubation after thawing. After an equilibration time of 48 h and 72 h values for PMAI0h were higher (P |
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ISSN: | 0093-691X 1879-3231 |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2017.10.021 |