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http://dx.doi.org/10.12750/JET.2013.28.3.297

Effects of Incubation and Thawing Temperature on Frozen-thawed Stallion Epididymal Spermatozoa  

Kim, Keun-Jung (Department of Animal Science and Biotechnology, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Chungnam National University)
Lee, Kyung-Bon (Department of Animal Science and Biotechnology, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Chungnam National University)
Lee, Ji-Hye (Department of Animal Science and Biotechnology, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Chungnam National University)
Kim, Eun-Young (Department of Animal Science and Biotechnology, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Chungnam National University)
Han, Kil-Woo (Department of Animal Science and Biotechnology, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Chungnam National University)
Park, Kang-Sun (Department of Animal Science and Biotechnology, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Chungnam National University)
Kim, Min-Kyu (Department of Animal Science and Biotechnology, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Chungnam National University)
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Journal of Embryo Transfer / v.28, no.3, 2013 , pp. 297-302 More about this Journal
Abstract
Cryopreservation of epididymal spermatozoa offers a potential tool for rescuing genetic material from males of genetically elite populations. Castration, catastrophic injury, sudden death or any other event that makes semen collection or mating impossible may prematurely terminate a stallion reproduction. Stallion epididymal spermatozoa vary widely in the loss of progressive motility, acrosomal integrity, and viability during freezing and thawing. The objective of this work was to investigate the effect of (1) freezing package types on cryopreservation efficiency, (2) thawing temperatures (37, 56 or $70^{\circ}C$) on Computer Assisted Sperm Analysis (CASA) parameters and (3) post-thawing incubation time (0, 1, 2 or 4h) on castrated stallion epididymis. Post-thawed sperm motility ranged between 59.69% and 64.28% ($56^{\circ}C$ and $37^{\circ}C$) in various thawing temperatures. When stallion epididymis sperm was frozen, straw was better than freezing tube on VCL (Velocity of Curvilinear Line) and VAP (Velocity of Average Path) parameter. Higher percentage of motility was observed at $37^{\circ}C$ thawing temperature even though no significant difference was observed among various temperatures. The motility, VCL, ALH (Amplitude of Lateral Head displacement), VAP, BCF (Beat-Cross Frequency) and STR (Straightness index) parameter of post-thawed sperm were significantly decreased by increasing the incubation time for all thawing temperatures. The present study showed that type of freezing package (Straw vs. Freezing tube) was not significantly different on cryopreservation efficiency. Furthermore, stallion epididymal spermatozoa frozen-thawed at $37^{\circ}C$ for 1 min resulted the highest proportion of motility and velocity movement. In addition, motility and viability of frozen-thawed stallion epididymal spermatozoa were also decreased by incubation.
Keywords
epididymal spermatozoa; stallion; computer assisted sperm analysis;
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