Effect of daily semen centrifugation and resuspension on the longevity of equine sperm quality following cooled storage. Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • An experiment was conducted to determine whether cooled semen quality could be maintained for a longer interval by conducting daily centrifugation of extended semen, with resuspension of the sperm pellet in fresh extender. Semen treatments included SP10NC and SP50NC which contained 10 and 50% seminal plasma, respectively, were not centrifuged (NC), and were stored at 4 to 7 C for 96 h. Treatments SP10C and SP50C contained 10 and 50% seminal plasma, respectively, but were centrifuged (C) after 24, 48, and 72 h of cooled storage, with daily resuspension in fresh extender containing 10% seminal plasma. Percent total sperm motility (TMOT) and progressively motile (PMOT) was reduced (P < 0.05) in the SP50NC treatment after 24, 48, 72, and 96 h of storage, and TMOT did not differ (P > 0.05) in the SP10C, SP50C, SP10NC groups after the same storage periods. The % COMP-(t) did not differ (P > 0.05) among treatments at any time period. Percent membrane intact sperm (SMI) was reduced in SP50NC, as compared to SP10C at 48, 72, and 96 h (P < 0.05). Daily centrifugation and resuspension of sperm exposed to 50% seminal plasma for the first 24 h (SP50C) yielded similar TMOT, PMOT, VCL, SMI, % COMP-(t) (P > 0.05) to Groups SP10NC and SP10C after 96 h of storage. Daily centrifugation and resuspension of cool-stored equine semen in fresh extender may be a method to increase sperm longevity.

published proceedings

  • Theriogenology

altmetric score

  • 0.5

author list (cited authors)

  • Love, C. C., Blanchard, T. L., Varner, D. D., Brinsko, S. P., Voge, J., Bliss, S., ... LaCaze, K.

citation count

  • 14

complete list of authors

  • Love, CC||Blanchard, TL||Varner, DD||Brinsko, SP||Voge, J||Bliss, S||Sudderth, K||Teague, S||LaCaze, K

publication date

  • January 2012