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Changes of Frozen-Thawed Semen Characteristics in Miniature Pig and Duroc  

Lee, Y.S. (College of Animal Life Science, Kangwon National University)
Choi, W.C. (College of Animal Life Science, Kangwon National University)
Lee, S.H. (Okayama University)
Cheong, H.T. (School of Veterinary Medicine, Kangwon National University)
Lee, S.Y. (Gyeongnam Province Advanced Swine Research Institute)
Yang, B.K. (College of Animal Life Science, Kangwon National University)
Park, C.K. (College of Animal Life Science, Kangwon National University)
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Journal of Embryo Transfer / v.21, no.3, 2006 , pp. 263-271 More about this Journal
Abstract
The purpose of this study was undertaken to compare ability of frozen-thawed sperm characteristics between two strains (miniature pig and Duroc). The semen was collected by gloved-hand method into a pre-warmed ($37^{\circ}C$) thermos bottle. The semen was diluted with same volume extender and added to LEY solution for freezing. The diluted semen was placed in 0.5 ml straws, and freezing was initiated by exposing the straws to liquid nitrogen ($LN_2$) vapours for 10 min before placing them into $LN_2$ for cryopreservation. The frozen-semen straw were thawed at 20, 37 and $50^{\circ}C$ for 1 min, 45 sec and 10 sec within water-bath. The semen sample were evaluated at 0, 3, 6, 9, and 12 h after incubation at $37^{\circ}C$ for analysis of sperm ability. Abnormality of spermatozoa in miniature pig was significantly (p<0.05) higher than that in Duroc at 0, 9 and 12 h of post-thawing incubation after frozen-thawing. The percentage of F-patterned spermatozoa in miniature pig was significantly (p<0.05) lower, while the percentage of AR (acrosome reacted spermatozoa) pattern was higher in the miniature than in the Duroc. On the other hand, there was no significant difference in the viability of spermatozoa thawed at different temperature ($20^{\circ}C\;and\;37^{\circ}C$) between two species, but the viability in miniature pig was higher (p<0.05) than in Duroc when sperm was thawed at $50^{\circ}C$. In conclusion, this study suggest that suitable freezing method for miniature pig semen is required for increasing post-thawing viability and fertilization capacity.
Keywords
miniature pig; Duroc; frozen-thawing; sperm ability; CTC pattern;
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