ArticleFrontiers in veterinary science2022
Microbiota in Goat Buck Ejaculates Differs Between Breeding and Non-breeding Seasons.
Article in Frontiers in veterinary science, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.
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- The detrimental impact of seminal plasma on the quality of cryopreserved sperm in goat bucks: freezing-thawing as the most harmful step.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2025Article
- Variations in bacterial profiles associated with semen collection timing and bull breed, analyzed using 16S rRNA sequencing and MALDI-TOF MS.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2025Article
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- Mammals' sperm microbiome: current knowledge, challenges, and perspectives on metagenomics of seminal samples.Frontiers in microbiology · 2023Review
- Description of the vaginal microbiota in nulliparous ewes during natural mating and pregnancy: preliminary signs of the male preputial microbiota modulation.Frontiers in microbiology · 2023Article
- Seminal and vagino-uterine microbiome and their individual and interactive effects on cattle fertility.Frontiers in microbiology · 2022Review
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Abstract
Changes in semen microbiota are associated with alterations to sperm quality and fertility. However, the microbiota from most livestock species has not yet been studied. Goats are seasonal breeders, but semen microbiota has never been described in this species, and it is unknown how seasonality affects it. Our study objective is 2-fold: to describe the microbiota in goat buck ejaculates and to determine if it differs between breeding and non-breeding seasons. Semen from six males of the Murciano-Granadina breed was collected during both seasons. Two replicates were performed per male and season on different days. The microbiota was characterized by genomic sequencing technology. Sperm quality was also evaluated. Repetition was not significant for the studied variables. Sperm velocities were higher for the breeding than for the non-breeding season. The ejaculates from both seasons also differed in the proportion of apoptotic spermatozoa. The five dominant phyla were Firmicutes, Proteobacteria, Fusobacteria, Actinobacteria, and Bacteroidetes during the breeding season and Firmicutes, Proteobacteria, Actinobacteria, Bacteroidetes, and Cyanobacteria during the non-breeding season. The dominant genus during both seasons was
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