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Theriogenology
; 84(9): 1587-1593.e4, 2015 Dec.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-26363735
RESUMO
The relationship between the quality of cool-shipped stallion semen and fertility has not been adequately described. This study evaluated sperm quality of cool-shipped semen from 459 ejaculates (N = 130 stallions) that were used for insemination of 196 embryo donor mares (n = 496 estrous cycles). Embryo recovery rate (ERR; %) increased, as all sperm measures (e.g., motility, viability, DNA quality, morphology, concentration, and total number) increased. Threshold values are reported for each sperm quality measure (e.g., total sperm motility ≥ 65%) that separate two ERR groups (e.g., average: â¼50% ERR; high: â¼65% ERR).