After natural or artificial insemination, the spermatozoon starts a journey from the site of
deposition to the place of fertilization. However, only a small subset of the spermatozoa …

Contents In Western countries, where pig breeding and production are intensive, there is a
documented variability in fertility between farms with boar‐related parameters only …

In cattle artificial insemination plays not only a vital role in the successful establishment of
pregnancy, which is a prerequisite for initiation of the subsequent lactation, but also in …

Fertility is a convenient but meaningless term unless the outcome measure is stipulated and
accounts for dependence of male fertility on the female population. We describe outcome …

The objective of this study was to assess the effects of dietary supplementation of a
commercial algal product rich in docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) on boar fertility as assessed …

The study aimed to evaluate the fertility of boars according to the resistance of their semen to
storage using dilution in either Short-or Long-term extender for single fixed-time …

Associations of the activity of the paraoxonase 1 (PON1) enzyme with boar sperm quality still
needs to be characterized, since boar ejaculates present distinct portions with differences in …

Pooling semen of multiple boars is commonly used in swine production systems. Compared
with single boar systems, this technique changes family structure creating maternal half-sib …

We retrospectively analysed data from heterospermic and homospermic boar semen for
motility and morphology during a 2‐year period. Homospermic doses were also evaluated …

Heteropaternal superfecundation may be defined as the fertilisation of two or more ova
during the same oestrus cycle as a result of more than one coital act from different males; …