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ArticleAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI2021

Optimization of a Protocol for the Cryopreservation of Sperm in Pellets for the Common Pheasant (

Annelisse Castillo, Carla Lenzi, Andrea Pirone, Alessandro Baglini, Silvia Cerolini, Nicolaia Iaffaldano, Stefano Sartore, Claudia Russo, Achille Schiavone, Margherita Marzoni Fecia di Cossato

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Article in Animals : an open access journal from MDPI, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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Annelisse CastilloDipartimento di Scienze Veterinarie, Università degli Studi di Torino, Largo Paolo Braccini 2, 10095 Grugliasco, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-1394-3182
Carla LenziDipartimento di Scienze Veterinarie, Università di Pisa, Viale delle Piagge 2, 56124 Pisa, Italy.
Andrea PironeDipartimento di Scienze Veterinarie, Università di Pisa, Viale delle Piagge 2, 56124 Pisa, Italy.
Alessandro BagliniDipartimento di Scienze Veterinarie, Università di Pisa, Viale delle Piagge 2, 56124 Pisa, Italy.
Silvia CeroliniDipartimento di Medicina Veterinaria, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via dell'Università 6, 26900 Lodi, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-5625-0357
Nicolaia IaffaldanoDipartimento Agricoltura, Ambiente e Alimenti, Università degli Studi del Molise, Via Francesco De Sanctis, 86100 Campobasso, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-9680-1264
Stefano SartoreDipartimento di Scienze Veterinarie, Università degli Studi di Torino, Largo Paolo Braccini 2, 10095 Grugliasco, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-0547-630X
Claudia RussoDipartimento di Scienze Veterinarie, Università di Pisa, Viale delle Piagge 2, 56124 Pisa, Italy.
Achille SchiavoneDipartimento di Scienze Veterinarie, Università degli Studi di Torino, Largo Paolo Braccini 2, 10095 Grugliasco, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-8011-6999
Margherita Marzoni Fecia di CossatoDipartimento di Scienze Veterinarie, Università di Pisa, Viale delle Piagge 2, 56124 Pisa, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-1739-5470

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Ministero dell'Istruzione, dell'Università e della Ricerca PRIN prot. n. 2008RN9SCP_003
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The sperm of each avian species and breed have unique characteristics that render them more or less susceptible to the freezing-thawing process; therefore, a suitable cryopreservation protocol that is specific for the sperm of each type of bird is needed. In this context, little information about the common pheasant's sperm is available. Therefore, the aim of this study was to test different parameters at each step of the process of freezing into pellets and thawing to detect the least deleterious parameter settings. Sixteen different protocols were tested by studying two levels in each of the four steps (dilution, equilibration at 5 °C, final dimethylacetamide concentration, and dimethylacetamide equilibration time) comprising the freezing process. The pheasant sperm exhibited a high susceptibility to the damage caused by freezing into pellets; however, the survival of the sperm reached 29%, and the greatest recovered mobility was 22%. The mobility of the sperm was affected by the dilution and the dimethylacetamide concentration, and the viability of the sperm was affected by the equilibration at 5 °C and the dimethylacetamide equilibration. The protocols that caused the least damage to the pheasant sperm were found to be those with higher dilution rates, 10 min of equilibration at 5 °C, and 6% dimethylacetamide equilibrated for 1 or 5 min. In the present study, we individualise some applicable parameters for certain critical steps of the freezing-thawing process; however, further investigations are needed in order to improve upon and complete a suitable protocol for the cryopreservation and thawing of pheasant sperm.

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DMAfreezing processpelletspheasant semen

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PMID34438929
PMCPMC8388762

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