Effect of heparin on cleavage rates and embryo production with four bovine sperm preparation protocols
Heparin is often added to fertilization media to induce sperm capacitation. However, recent observations from the bovine IVF industry have indicated that heparin may not be necessary to induce sperm capacitation when cryopreserved bovine sperm are separated through Percoll gradients. The objective o...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Theriogenology 2003-07, Vol.60 (2), p.331-340 |
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Zusammenfassung: | Heparin is often added to fertilization media to induce sperm capacitation. However, recent observations from the bovine IVF industry have indicated that heparin may not be necessary to induce sperm capacitation when cryopreserved bovine sperm are separated through Percoll gradients. The objective of these studies was to determine if the addition of heparin to fertilization media was required following separation of frozen–thawed bovine sperm. Experiment 1 was conducted to determine the effect of heparin on cleavage rates and embryo production when using Percoll, BSA or washing sperm separation protocols. Experiment 2 was conducted to determine the effect of heparin on cleavage rates and embryonic development when using a new sperm separation protocol (PureSperm
®). In Experiment 1, regardless of sperm separation protocol, heparin increased cleavage rates and embryo production (
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ISSN: | 0093-691X 1879-3231 |
DOI: | 10.1016/S0093-691X(03)00029-3 |