Augusto Carluccio

TL;DR: It is proposed that the CASA evaluation of motility of bovine frozen-thawed semen using Hamilton-Thorne IVOS 12.3 should be performed using a frame rate of 60 frame/s and 30 frames per field, regardless of the chamber used.

TL;DR: Comparisons of the effect of two different culture media and two different incubation times on in vitro maturation (IVM) of domestic cat oocytes showed that the percentage of oocytes reaching MII after 24 h and 40 h of incubation were significantly higher than that of IC.

TL;DR: A positive correlation between progressive motility and total antioxidants in seminal plasma in both treated and control stallions suggested that motility is affected by oxidative-antioxidative status, and that dietary antioxidant supplementation could increase the ability of spermatozoa to contrast reactive oxygen species or theAbility of seminal plasma to reduce the oxidative stress.

TL;DR: This study evaluated the effect of different environmental pHs on kinetic parameters, sperm viability, mitochondrial activity, and sperm morphology of bull semen immediately and 1h after dilution, and showed higher values for sperm motility characteristics, viability, and mitochondrial activity at pH 7 and 7.5.

TL;DR: It is demonstrated that interval references should be addressed not only to different species, but also to specific breeds and to the neonatal period for donkey foals of another species, horse foals, and adult donkeys.