Our ability to screen the structural and functional integrity of the spermatozoon in vitro has
increased markedly over the past decades, but our capacity to estimate the fertility of a …

Evidence exists to suggest detrimental effects of heat stress on male fertility. This study was
designed to assess the effects of scrotal heat stress on mature and developing sperm in a …

There has and will continue to be reproductive techniques available that have a positive
impact upon the equine breeding industry. This review focuses on semen technologies that …

REPRODUCTION Page 1 REPRODUCTION RESEARCH Spermatozoal transcriptome profiling
for bull sperm motility: a potential tool to evaluate semen quality Nathalie Bissonnette1,2 …

In this study, we evaluated the effects of glutathione (l‐γ‐glutamyl‐l‐cysteinylglycine; GSH)
supplementation of the thawing extender on bull semen parameters to compensate for the …

Although sperm head shape and relative dimensions are considered reliable indicators of
sperm quality, their quantification is most often operator-driven, eg, subjective. Artificial …

Background Genetic selection in cattle has been directed to increase milk production. This,
coupled to the fact that the vast majority of bovine artificial inseminations (AI) are performed …

Semen cryopreservation is fundamental both for the practice of artificial insemination, and
for the conservation of genetic resources in cryobanks; nevertheless, there is still not an …

The objective was to determine the association of mRNA expression of cystine rich secretary
protein 2 (CRISP2), chaperonin containing T-complex protein 1, subunit 8 (CCT8), and …

The aim of this study was to find the relationship between fertility (as 90‐day non‐return
rates) and DNA fragmentation assessed by two techniques [sperm chromatin structure assay …