Production of Kittens from Non-Surgical Intrauterine Insemination of Frozen Epididymis Semen in Cat

  • Lee, Young-Ho (Department of Animal Science and Technology, College of Agriculture and Life Science, Sunchon National University) ;
  • Yu, Dae-Joong (Department of Animal Science and Technology, College of Agriculture and Life Science, Sunchon National University) ;
  • Lee, Hyo-Sang (Department of Animal Science and Technology, College of Agriculture and Life Science, Sunchon National University) ;
  • Seo, Youn-Gil (Department of Animal Science and Technology, College of Agriculture and Life Science, Sunchon National University) ;
  • Jeon, Se-Sin (Department of Animal Science and Technology, College of Agriculture and Life Science, Sunchon National University) ;
  • Cho, Su-Jin (Department of Animal Science and Technology, College of Agriculture and Life Science, Sunchon National University) ;
  • Kim, Young-Ho (Department of Animal Science and Technology, College of Agriculture and Life Science, Sunchon National University) ;
  • Yin, Xi-Jun (Department of Animal Science and Technology, College of Agriculture and Life Science, Sunchon National University) ;
  • Cho, Seong-Kyun (Department of Animal Science and Technology, College of Agriculture and Life Science, Sunchon National University) ;
  • Bae, In-Hyu (Department of Animal Science and Technology, College of Agriculture and Life Science, Sunchon National University) ;
  • Kong, Il-Keun (Department of Animal Science and Technology, College of Agriculture and Life Science, Sunchon National University)
  • Published : 2004.06.01

Abstract

This study was carried out to evaluate the possibility of production of kittens by a non-surgical intrauterine insemination (NIUI) or intra-vaginal insemination (IVI) with the Norwegian catheter and using a frozen epididymal sperm (FES). Semen was collected epididymal sperm and frozen in Tris-buffered with 50 × 10/sup 6//㎖. The motility and progressive motility of FES was approximately 40.3±5.8% and 35.9±6.5% after thawing. (omitted)

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