Advances in stallion's epididymal sperm technology

Freezing epididymal sperm is a method to preserve germplasm from animals with not only high genetic potential but also endangered species. In the equine some owners have chosen this possibility in cases of either severe illness or death of stallions. However, the lack of knowledge and poor published...

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Autores: Melo, Cely M., Monteiro, Gabriel A., Avanzi, Bruno R., Guasti, Priscilla N., Alvarenga, Marco A., Dell'Aqua Jr., José A., Zahn, Fabiola S., Papa, Frederico Ozanam
Tipo de documento: artigo
Estado:Versão publicada
Data de publicação:2010
País:Brasil
Recursos:Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)
Repositório:Repositório Institucional da UNESP
Idioma:inglês
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.unesp.br:11449/219548
Acesso em linha:http://dx.doi.org/10.21836/PEM20100110
http://hdl.handle.net/11449/219548
Access Level:Acceso aberto
Palavra-chave:Artificial insemination
Cryopreservation
Epididymis
Fertility
Semen extenders
Stallion
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Resumo:Freezing epididymal sperm is a method to preserve germplasm from animals with not only high genetic potential but also endangered species. In the equine some owners have chosen this possibility in cases of either severe illness or death of stallions. However, the lack of knowledge and poor published results of such technique hampers its propagation. New procedures have allowed some improvement on fertility rates of frozen sperm from the epididymis of stallions. The aim of this study is to report the advances on processing and cryopreservation of samples from the stallion's epididymal semen.