The function that cumulus cells play during oocyte maturation ie, in kee** the oocyte
under arrest, in participating in the induction of meiotic resumption and in supporting …

Fifty years after the first successful cryopreservation of spermatozoa, the technique is an
integral part of the cattle breeding industry but has failed to establish itself commercially in …

The present study examined the penetrability of pig oocytes by frozen-thawed ejaculated
boar spermatozoa, prepared by the pellet method, coincubated in a modified Tris-buffered …

Poor motility and abnormal acrosomal morphology only partially explain the reduced fertility
of cryopreserved bovine spermatozoa. To test the hypothesis that cryopreservation …

This study investigated two hypotheses: 1) that consistent between‐boar variation in frozen
semen quality exists and is genetically determined, and 2) that morphologically distinct sub …

In this study, the effects of staining procedure with chlortetracycline (CTC) and method of
analysis of boar spermatozoa after staining were examined. The hypothesis that incubation …

It would be desirable to use semen parameters to predict the in vivo fertilizing capacity of a
particular ejaculate. In animal production, an ejaculate is divided into multiple doses for …

Capacitation represents the final maturational steps that render mammalian sperm
competent to fertilize, either in vivo or in vitro. Capacitation is defined as a series of events …

The effect of cryopreservation on the capacitation status and fertility of ram spermatozoa was
observed. After the chlortetracycline staining technique was validated for ram spermatozoa …

Anandamide (AEA) is the endogenous ligand of cannabinoid (CB) receptors, and as such it
plays several central and peripheral activities. Regulation of female fertility by AEA has …