Fish egg quality can be defined as the ability of the egg to be fertilized and subsequently
develop into a normal embryo. Similarly, sperm quality can be defined as its ability to …

BACKGROUND Cryopreservation has been extensively used in assisted reproductive
technology, agriculture and conservation programmes for endangered species. The …

Cryopreservation is of interest not only for fish farming but also for the conservation and
genetic improvement of resources. This technique has been well established in some …

The ability to fully control sexual maturation and spawning and to produce large numbers of
high quality seeds 'on demand'(ie all year long) is a primary requirement for the successful …

Stringent selection mechanisms, in both internal and external fertilisation systems, reject all
but a significant minority of the spermatozoa released at ejaculation. Sperm competition …

Cryopreservation causes several types of damage to spermatozoa, such as loss of plasma
membrane integrity and functionality, loss of motility, and ATP content, resulting in decrease …

Storage of refrigerated semen is a simple and inexpensive procedure that can facilitate the
management and reproduction programmes in aquaculture and allows to store semen for in …

Short-term storage and cryopreservation of sperm are two common procedures in
aquaculture, used for routine practices in artificial insemination reproduction and gene …

This work describes some consequences of paternal germ cell DNA damage on the
reproduction success in two fish species. Male brown trout (n= 31) and male Arctic charr (n …

Amino acids have an important biological role for prevention of cell damage during
cryopreservation. The objective of this study is to determine the effects of cysteine on …