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Functional significance of responsiveness to capacitating conditions in boar spermatozoa.
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The combination of sperm responsiveness parameters applied here is a suitable tool for the evaluation of sperm function and improved the prediction level of multiple regression models for farrowing rate and litter size.About:
This article is published in Theriogenology.The article was published on 2005-11-01. It has received 45 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Sperm & Capacitation.read more
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Zinc alpha 2-glycoprotein: a multidisciplinary protein.
TL;DR: The discussion of the major aspects of ZAG from its gene structure to function and metabolism is discussed, which suggests that ZAG may have a role in the expression of the immune response.
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In vitro evaluation of sperm quality.
E. Mocé,James K. Graham +1 more
TL;DR: Current and past data, correlating laboratory assay data with sperm fertility are presented in an effort to determine which types of assays are important to conduct and when to conduct them.
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Identifying non-sperm particles during flow cytometric physiological assessment a simple approach
TL;DR: This work has developed a simple and cost-efficient flow cytometric approach for identifying non-sperm particles that can be carried out in parallel with functional assessments and is suitable for obtaining accurate sperm counts during routine semen evaluation.
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Freezability prediction of boar ejaculates assessed by functional sperm parameters and sperm proteins.
TL;DR: Assessing both the conventional sperm quality parameters and the immunolabeling of three proteins involved in the physiology of the sperm cell suggest that analyzing these sperm kinematic parameters could be a useful tool for predicting the potential freezability of an ejaculate.
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Identifying useable semen
TL;DR: Improved techniques for evaluating semen characteristics directly related to the fertilization process, such as IVM-IVF assays, analysis of seminal plasma protein markers, and discriminatory tests of sperm motility and morphology are reviewed with the goal of identifying high-index boars whose fertility is sustained when low numbers of sperm are used for AI.
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Transport of spermatozoa in the ewe : timing of the establishment of a functional population in the oviduct
TL;DR: The results are interpreted as indicating only a gradual progression of viable spermatozoa from the cervix to the oviduct, although the possible contribution of a rapid phase of sperm transport to the events of fertilisation is discussed.
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Effects of Equex from different sources on post-thaw survival, longevity and intracellular Ca2+ concentration of dog spermatozoa
TL;DR: Post-thaw sperm survival and longevity, as well as the quality of the sperm movement, were significantly better when Ext-2A (containing Equex STM Paste) was used, and the intracellular Ca(2+) concentration of live spermatozoa was evaluated by flow cytometry.
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Flow cytometric detection of bicarbonate-induced changes in lectin binding in boar and ram sperm populations
TL;DR: It is concluded that bicarbonate causes a loss of surface coating material with affinity for ECL and an unmasking of binding sites for SBA, SJA and PHA‐E, and a modified subpopulation of live spermatozoa is established, which appears to maximize at a rate in accord with reported capacitation times.
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Detection of cooling-induced membrane changes in the response of boar sperm to capacitating conditions.
A.M. Petrunkina,Gabriele Volker,Karl-Fritz Weitze,Martin Beyerbach,Edda Töpfer-Petersen,Dagmar Waberski +5 more
TL;DR: It can be concluded that the simultaneous use of the sperm membrane responsiveness and kinetic parameters is a sensitive tool for the detection of storage-related membrane changes in boar semen.
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Detection of calcium ionophore induced membrane changes in dog sperm as a simple method to predict the cryopreservability of dog semen
F. Szász,F. Szász,S. Sirivaidyapong,Feng-Pang Cheng,W. F. Voorhout,A. Marks,Ben Colenbrander,László Solti,Bart M. Gadella +8 more
TL;DR: It can be concluded that Ca2+‐ionophore treatment followed by simultaneous determination PNA‐FITC and EthD‐1 staining can be used to predict the cryopreservability of ejaculates from individual dogs used as donors.