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ArticleTropical animal health and production2021

Effects of vitamin C, vitamin E, selenium, zinc, or their nanoparticles on camel epididymal spermatozoa stored at 4 °C.

Mohamed A Shahin, Wael A Khalil, Islam M Saadeldin, Ayman A Swelum, Mostafa A El-Harairy

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Article in Tropical animal health and production, 2021. 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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3 · Its place in the literature

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 21 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Mohamed A ShahinDepartment of Animal Production, Faculty of Agriculture, Mansoura University, Mansoura, 35516, Egypt.
Wael A KhalilDepartment of Animal Production, Faculty of Agriculture, Mansoura University, Mansoura, 35516, Egypt. w-khalil@mans.edu.eg.
Islam M SaadeldinDepartment of Animal Production, College of Food and Agricultural Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh, 11451, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. isaadeldin@ksu.edu.sa.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7633-730X
Ayman A SwelumDepartment of Animal Production, College of Food and Agricultural Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh, 11451, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Mostafa A El-HarairyDepartment of Animal Production, Faculty of Agriculture, Mansoura University, Mansoura, 35516, Egypt.
Mansoura University · EGZagazig University · EG

Funding

Deanship of Scientific Research, King Saud University RG-1438-018
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study determined the effects of antioxidant supplementation and storage time at cool temperatures on the characteristics of epididymal camel spermatozoa. Camel testes were collected at the abattoir after animal slaughtering and kept at 4 °C during transportation and until processing (max 6 h). Spermatozoa were retrieved and diluted with SHOTOR extender, split in aliquots, supplemented with the following antioxidants: 200 μm/mL vitamin E, 1.0 g/L vitamin C, 1 μg/mL selenium nanoparticles, 50 μg/mL zinc nanoparticles, 2 μg/mL sodium selenite, and 100 μg/mL zinc sulfate, and stored at 4 °C for 2, 48, 96, and 144 h. The storage time significantly affected (P < 0.05) the sperms' motility and livability, the sperms' membrane integrity, and the percentages of cytoplasmic droplets as well as the percentage of morphologically normal spermatozoa. Epididymal sperm characteristics (progressive motility, livability, membrane integrity, and abnormalities) were significantly improved (P < 0.05) when the spermatozoa were diluted with antioxidants as compared with the control group, and the best additives were identified as nano-selenium, sodium selenite, nano-zinc, and zinc sulfate. In conclusion, adding nano-sized minerals or inorganic trace elements and vitamins maintained the progressive motility, livability, and membrane integrity, and decreased abnormalities and cytoplasmic droplet percentages of epididymal camel spermatozoa stored at 4 °C up to 144 h.

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AnimalsAntioxidantsAscorbic AcidCamelusMaleMetal NanoparticlesRandom AllocationSeleniumSemen PreservationSpermatozoaVitamin EZincAntioxidantsAscorbic AcidSeleniumVitamin EZincAntioxidantsCamelSHOTOR diluentSpermatozoa preservation

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PMID33411090
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