Exploratory analysis of differences in sperm morphology in Nelore and Gir (Bos indicus) bulls

The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of breed and season on semen quality parameters of zebu bulls. Data (1,632 registers) of semen production from Gir (n = 4) and Nelore (n = 15) bulls were collected between October 2005 and November 2009. The ejaculates were collected twice a week during various seasons (summer, fall, winter, and spring) and evaluated for the following semen parameters: ejaculate volume, sperm concentration, sperm motility, forward progressive motility (FPM), and sperm morphology. Factor analysis was used to determine the relationship among variables. The effect of breed (Gir and Nelore) and season and their cross effect on each parameter and extracted factor were tested using ANOVA. A negative correlation (P < 0.05) was observed between FPM and proximal droplet, as well as with abnormal loose head, abnormal small head, pouch formation, abnormal mid-peace, and strongly folded tail. Gir bull sperm showed more major defects, detached acrosome, and minor FPM (P < 0.01), whereas Nelore bulls showed a higher number of sperm with normally loose head.

Temperature and storage period over spermatic parameters of jundia, Rhamdia quelen (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)

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Efeito da adição da L-carnitina e acetil-L-carnitina sobre a viabilidade espermática na refrigeração do sêmen equino

Pós-graduação em Biotecnologia Animal - FMVZ

Capacidade de ligação dos espermatozóides de epidídimo de equinos às células da tuba uterina cultivadas in vitro

Pós-graduação em Biotecnologia Animal - FMVZ

Efeito da administração da sulpirida no desenvolvimento folicular em éguas

Pós-graduação em Biotecnologia Animal - FMVZ

Serological and infection statuses of dogs from a visceral leishmaniasis-endemic area

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Degenerative joint disease in cattle and buffaloes in the Amazon region: a retrospective study

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Morfometria corpórea, características do sêmen, proteínas seminais e testosterona em cervos Cervus unicolor, em cativeiro

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Endoscopic approach for a laryngeal neoplasm in a dog

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Análise espacial da Leishmaniose Visceral Canina em Presidente Prudente – SP: abordagem geográfica da saúde ambiental

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Uso de sêmen liofilizado de gatos domésticos (Felis silvestris catus) para produção in vitro de embriões através da técnica de injeção intracitoplasmática de espermatozóide (ICSI)

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Indução a espermiação e criopreservação espermática de Brycon cephalus (Gunther, 1869) (teleostei: characidae)

Pós-graduação em Ciência e Tecnologia Animal - FEIS

Effect of manganese supplementation on the membrane integrity and the mitochondrial potential of the sperm of grazing Nelore bulls

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Lysine in the diet of Rhamdia voulezi male broodstocks confined in net cages

The focus of this study was to evaluate the effect of lysine on the productive (weight and length gain, apparent feed conversion, specific growth rate and condition factor) and reproductive performance of Rhamdia voulezi males confined in net cages during the first reproductive cycle. The following parameters were assessed: seminal parameters (motility rate and duration, survival, sperm concentration, morphology, pH and osmolarity), hormonal parameters (cortisol and testosterone), testicular tissue (histomorphology), organosomatic indices (gonadosomatic, hepatosomatic and viscerosomatic indices) and composition of essential amino acids, crude protein and moisture of whole carcass. Four hundred fish were used, distributed in a random experimental design with four treatments and four replications in 16 net cages with 25 fish each. The treatments consisted of four different diets prepared so as to contain the following levels of lysine: 1.20, 1.40, 1.60 and 1.80%, with 30% crude protein and 3500 kcal kg(-1) digestible energy for 185 days (Jul./12-Jan./13). Eighteen males were selected per treatment, and they all released semen after slight abdominal pressure. The males were weighed, measured, submitted to hypophysation (2.5 mg kg(-1) carp pituitary extract), and then had their semen and blood collected. The fish were sacrificed by cervical dislocation, dissected, and the testes, liver, fat and guts were removed and weighed. The effects (p < 0.05) for the means of final weight, weight gain, apparent feed conversion and condition factor were observed for the analysis of productive performance. With regard to the reproductive parameters, only the seminal volume was affected (p < 0.05). Thus, the levels of testosterone showed quadratic effect (p < 0.05). The anatomy and the histomorphology of the testes were similar between the treatments during the spermiation period. With regard to the organosomatic indices, there was no influence (p > 0.05) between the treatments. The amino acids in the carcass were not affected (p > 0.05). The increment of lysine in the diet provided linear increase for weight gain and seminal volume and linear decrease for feed conversion in R. voulezi broodstocks confined in net cages. (C) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Sexual development, size at maturity, size at maternity and fecundity of the blue shark Prionace glauca (Linnaeus, 1758) in the Southwest Atlantic

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