Recent advancements to increase success in assisted reproductive technologies in cattle

M Mikkola, KLJ Desmet, E Kommisrud… - Animal …, 2024 - SciELO Brasil
Assisted reproductive technologies (ART) are fundamental for cattle breeding and
sustainable food production. Together with genomic selection, these technologies contribute …

[HTML][HTML] The assessment of sperm DNA integrity: implications for assisted reproductive technology fertility outcomes across livestock species

MJ Robertson, C Chambers, EA Spanner, SP de Graaf… - Biology, 2024 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary This review explores the importance of sperm DNA integrity in assisted
reproductive technologies used in both livestock production and human fertility treatments …

Whole-genome DNA methylation analysis of the sperm in relation to bull fertility

Y Zhang, CB de Lima, R Labrecque… - Reproduction, 2023 - rep.bioscientifica.com
In brief Bull fertility is an important economic trait, this study identified some DNA methylation
biomarkers that are associated with bull fertility. Abstract Subfertile bulls may cause huge …

A combined flow cytometric semen analysis and miRNA profiling as a tool to discriminate between high-and low-fertility bulls

F Turri, E Capra, B Lazzari, P Cremonesi… - Frontiers in Veterinary …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Predicting bull fertility is one of the main challenges for the dairy breeding industry and
artificial insemination (AI) centers. Semen evaluation performed in the AI center is not fully …

Identification of differentially expressed mRNAs and miRNAs in spermatozoa of bulls of varying fertility

EM Donnellan, JP Perrier, K Keogh… - Frontiers in Veterinary …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Bulls used in artificial insemination, with apparently normal semen quality, can vary
significantly in their field fertility. This study aimed to characterize the transcriptome of …

Sperm chromatin integrity and DNA methylation in Norwegian Red bulls of contrasting fertility

B Narud, A Khezri, TT Zeremichael… - Molecular …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
In this study, the complexity of chromatin integrity was investigated in frozen‐thawed semen
samples from 37 sires with contrasting fertility, expressed as 56‐day non‐return rates …

Effect of access to natural shade on scrotal thermoregulatory capacity, integrity of the testicular parenchyma and sperm morphology of Nelore (Bos indicus) and …

N Romanello, AN Barreto… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Springer
The objective of this work was to evaluate the effect of using naturally shaded pastures on
scrotal thermoregulatory capacity, testicular echotexture, and sperm morphology of Nelore …

Sperm metabolomics through nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy

M Lombó, S Ruiz-Díaz, A Gutiérrez-Adán… - Animals, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Proton nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (1 H-NMR) is of special
interest for the analysis of metabolites present in seminal plasma and spermatozoa. This …

Influence of single layer centrifugation with Canicoll on semen Freezability in dogs

G Domain, H Ali Hassan, E Wydooghe… - Animals, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Freezing dog semen is not always possible due to low quality sperm or
poor survival during freezing. In order to make this assisted reproductive technique available …

[HTML][HTML] Comprehensive functional analysis reveals that acrosome integrity and viability are key variables distinguishing artificial insemination bulls of varying fertility

NC Bernecic, E Donnellan, E O'Callaghan… - Journal of Dairy …, 2021 - Elsevier
In vitro methods of assessing bull semen quality in artificial insemination (AI) centers are
unable to consistently detect individuals of lower fertility, and attempts to reliably predict bull …