Key aspects of donkey and mule reproduction

IF Canisso, D Panzani, J Miró… - Veterinary Clinics …, 2019‏ - vetequine.theclinics.com
Donkeys (E asinus) and their hybrids with horses (ie, Equus mulus mulus) have been used
for centuries in agriculture, transport, and war. Although mechanization of agriculture and …

A review of reproductive biology and biotechnologies in donkeys

MH Miragaya, DM Neild, AE Alonso - Journal of Equine Veterinary Science, 2018‏ - Elsevier
Donkeys have been valuable to people in different cultures and countries for centuries.
Nowadays, they are used in recreation, in therapeutic activities, and mainly for the …

[HTML][HTML] The potential for new donkey farming systems to supply the growing demand for hides

R Bennett, S Pfuderer - Animals, 2020‏ - mdpi.com
The demand for donkey hides for ejiao, a Traditional Chinese Medicine, has resulted in
rapidly increasing prices for donkey hides and donkeys. This has put pressure on donkey …

Total and specific activities of superoxide dismutase (SOD) in seminal plasma are related with the cryotolerance of jackass spermatozoa

M Papas, J Catalan, I Barranco, L Arroyo, A Bassols… - Cryobiology, 2020‏ - Elsevier
This study investigated whether the activities of four antioxidant enzymes present in jackass
seminal plasma (SP), superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase (CAT) and glutathione …

[HTML][HTML] ProAKAP4 as a motility long-lasting marker in Catalan donkey spermatozoa

M Dordas-Perpinyà, N Sergeant, I Yánez-Ortiz… - Animal Reproduction …, 2024‏ - Elsevier
ProAKAP4 is identified within the flagellum of spermatozoa in various mammalian species,
serving as a structural protein associated with motility parameters. This investigation focuses …

Cryopreservation of donkey sperm using non-permeable cryoprotectants

M Diaz-Jimenez, J Dorado, I Ortiz, C Consuegra… - Animal reproduction …, 2018‏ - Elsevier
The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of different concentrations of sucrose
combined with bovine serum albumin (BSA), as non-permeable cryoprotectants, on donkey …

The interaction between seminal plasma, sperm, and endometrium in inter-and intra-species breeding in equids

G Podico, JH Bittar, SC Loux, FF Souza… - …, 2024‏ - rep.bioscientifica.com
In brief In some instances, extra-species breeding in equids is more successful than
intraspecies breeding; however, little is known about the immunomodulatory effect of donkey …

[HTML][HTML] Seminal plasma, sperm concentration, and sperm-PMN interaction in the donkey: An in vitro model to study endometrial inflammation at post-insemination

J Miró, H Marín, J Catalán, M Papas, S Gacem… - International journal of …, 2020‏ - mdpi.com
In the donkey, artificial insemination (AI) with frozen-thawed semen is associated with low
fertility rates, which could be partially augmented through adding seminal plasma (SP) and …

Cryoprotective effect of glutamine, taurine, and proline on post-thaw semen quality and DNA integrity of donkey spermatozoa

M Bottrel, D Acha, I Ortiz, M Hidalgo, J Gósalvez… - Animal Reproduction …, 2018‏ - Elsevier
This study was conducted to evaluate the effect of amino acid addition to semen on post-
thaw quality of donkey spermatozoa. Eighteen ejaculates were pooled and divided into …

The effects of egg yolk concentration and particle size on donkey semen preservation

H Zhang, H Ye, Y Shao, S Wu, J Yu, C Ji… - Journal of Equine …, 2018‏ - Elsevier
The aim of the study was to evaluate the effect of concentrations of egg yolk on cooling
preservation and particle sizes on cryopreservation for donkey semen. Two experiments …