Fertility after Artificial Insemination Using a Soybean-Based Semen Extender in Sheep

Fertility after artificial insemination using a soybean-based semen extender in sheep.

The present study aimed to compare the fertility of ewes intrauterinally inseminated with frozen-thawed semen using a soybean-based semen extender (AndroMed) with those of ewes intrauterinally inseminated with frozen-thawed semen using a Tris-based extender containing either egg yolk or BSA. Suffolk ewes (n=104) were treated with an intravaginal sponge containing 40 mg fluoroprogesterone acetat...

Fertility Results After Artificial Insemination with Bull Semen Frozen with Low Density Lipoprotein Extender

In Vitro Comparison of Soybean Lecithin Based-Extender with Commercially Available Extender for Ram Semen Cryopreservation

Background Egg yolk is the main cryoprotectant agent in semen freezing extenders which is used in order to protect spermatozoa against cold shock. However elimination of animal bioproducts from the cryopreservation protocol is becoming mandatory. Therefore the aim of this study is to compare a previously studied homemade soya bean lecithin based extender with a commercially available extender f...

Improved fertility in gilts and sows after artificial insemination of frozen-thawed boar semen by supplementation of semen extender with caffeine and CaCl2.

Supplementation of semen extender with caffeine and CaCl(2) for artificial insemination (AI) of fresh spermatozoa has been demonstrated to reduce recruitment of uterine polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMNs) and the activity of phagocytosis. Here, we determined if addition of caffeine and CaCl(2) to semen extender improves the fertility of frozen-thawed boar semen. In experiment 1, gilts were cerv...

Fertility of Ewes after Intrauterine Insemination with Frozen Semen

In an experiment involving the artificial insemination of 312 Merino ewes, fertilization, early (18 day), and late (100 day) pregnancy rates were examined after intrauterine insemination with frozen semen using a laparoscope. Oestrus was synchronized in ewes by progestagen sponge/PMSG treatment. After cervical insemination of fresh semen (control) 55 hrs after sponge removal, the fertilization,...