FREQUENCY OF OCCURRENCE OF DIPLOID BOVINE SPERMATOZOA

Occurrence and functional significance of the transcriptome in bovine (Bos taurus) spermatozoa

Mammalian spermatozoa deliver various classes of RNAs to the oocyte during fertilization, and many of them may regulate fertility. The objective of the present study was to determine the composition and abundance of spermatozoal transcripts in fresh bull semen. The entire transcriptome of the spermatozoa from bulls (n = 3) was sequenced using two different platforms (Ion Proton and Illumina) to...

The occurrence of bovine virus diarrhoea/muscosal disease in Iran

Mitochondrial metabolism of pyruvate in bovine spermatozoa.

Treatment with the polyene antibiotic, filipin, renders the spermatozoan cell membrane permeable to small molecules, but not to the intracellular enzymes aldolase and lactate dehydrogenase. Pyruvate (10 mM) as the sole substrate was metabolized very slowly. L-Carnitine increased pyruvate metabolism 3- to 4-fold and allowed limited rates of oxidative phosphorylation. When spermatozoa treated wit...

Phospholipids of bovine spermatozoa and seminal plasma.

Spermatozoal and seminal plasma lipids of fourteen individual bulls were separated by column chromatography into neutral lipid and several phospholipid fractions. Elution progress was monitored by thin-layer chromatography. Each phospholipid constituent was determined by phosphorus analysis. Total lipid, cholesterol and plasmalogen contents were determined. The fatty acids and aldehydes of the ...

The Viability and Fertility of Bovine Spermatozoa