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ArticleTranslational animal science2022

Validation of a smartphone-based device to measure concentration, motility, and morphology in swine ejaculates.

Aridany Suárez-Trujillo, Hemanth Kandula, Jasmine Kumar, Anjali Devi, Larissa Shirley, Prudhvi Thirumalaraju, Manoj Kumar Kanakasabapathy, Hadi Shafiee, Liane Hart

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Article in Translational animal science, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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  2. Assessment of Boar Semen Morphology and Morphometry.Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2025
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Aridany Suárez-TrujilloDepartment of Animal Science, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47909, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9343-5016
Hemanth KandulaDivision of Engineering in Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02139, USA.
Jasmine KumarDivision of Engineering in Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02139, USA.
Anjali DeviDivision of Engineering in Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02139, USA.
Larissa ShirleyDepartment of Animal Science, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47909, USA.
Prudhvi ThirumalarajuDivision of Engineering in Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02139, USA.
Manoj Kumar KanakasabapathyDivision of Engineering in Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02139, USA.
Hadi ShafieeDivision of Engineering in Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02139, USA.
Liane HartVerility, Inc., Maxwell, IN 46154, USA.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Assessment of swine semen quality is important as it is used as an estimate of the fertility of an ejaculate. There are many methods to measure sperm morphology, concentration, and motility, however, some methods require expensive instrumentation or are not easy to use on-farm. A portable, low-cost, automated device could provide the potential to assess semen quality in field conditions. The objective of this study was to validate the use of Fertile-Eyez (FE), a smartphone-based device, to measure sperm concentration, total motility, and morphology in boar ejaculates. Semen from six sexually mature boars were collected and mixed to create a total of 18 unique semen samples for system evaluations. Each sample was then diluted to 1:4, 1:8, 1:10, and 1:16 (for concentration only) with Androhep Plus semen extender (

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PMCPMC9558898

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