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ArticleAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI2020

Tetrazolium Salt WST-8 as a Novel and Reliable Chromogenic Indicator for the Assessment of Boar Semen Quality.

Yu-Hsin Chen, Chean-Ping Wu, Hsiu-Lien Lin, Ren-Bao Liaw, Yung-Yu Lai, Ming-Che Wu, Lih-Ren Chen, Pei-Shiue Jason Tsai

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Article in Animals : an open access journal from MDPI, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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Yu-Hsin ChenPhysiology Division, Livestock Research Institute, Council of Agriculture, Tainan 71246, Taiwan.
Chean-Ping WuDepartment of Animal Science, National Chiayi University, Chiayi 60004, Taiwan.
Hsiu-Lien LinPhysiology Division, Livestock Research Institute, Council of Agriculture, Tainan 71246, Taiwan.
Ren-Bao LiawLivestock Management Division, Livestock Research Institute, Council of Agriculture, Tainan 71246, Taiwan.
Yung-Yu LaiLivestock Management Division, Livestock Research Institute, Council of Agriculture, Tainan 71246, Taiwan.
Ming-Che WuLivestock Management Division, Livestock Research Institute, Council of Agriculture, Tainan 71246, Taiwan.
Lih-Ren ChenPhysiology Division, Livestock Research Institute, Council of Agriculture, Tainan 71246, Taiwan.
Pei-Shiue Jason TsaiGraduate Institute of Veterinary Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan.ORCID 0000-0001-8217-6285
Taiwan Livestock Research Institute · TWNational Chiayi University · TWNational Taiwan University · TW

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A tetrazolium salt, 2-[2-methoxy-4-nitrophenyl]-3-[4-nitrophenyl]-5-[2,4-disulfophenyl]-2H-tetrazolium (WST-8), has been used widely to determine cell viability; however, its application in the field of reproduction is still limited due to this assay merely providing information regarding cell viability. The aim of this study was to correlate the WST-8 reduction rate with various sperm quality-related parameters (i.e., sperm viability, motility, progressive motility, acrosome integrity and mitochondria integrity) in order to provide a rapid, reliable and affordable assessment for boar semen quality evaluation. Using different ratios of active/damaged sperm cells, we first validated our sample preparations by standard flow cytometry and computer-assisted sperm analysis. Further analyses demonstrated that the most efficient experimental condition for obtaining a reliable prediction model was when sperm concentration reached 300 × 10

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boarcomputer-assisted sperm analysis (CASA)flow cytometrysemen qualityWST-8

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