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ArticleScientific reports2022

Compensability of an enhanced incidence of spermatozoa with cytoplasmic droplets in boar semen for use in artificial insemination: a single cell approach.

Heiko Henning, Anne-Marie Luther, Lisa Höfner-Schmiing, Dagmar Waberski

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Article in Scientific reports, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
1.7field-weighted citation impact, top 16% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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7 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Assessment of Boar Semen Morphology and Morphometry.Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Heiko HenningInstitute of Farm Animal Genetics, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Neustadt am Rübenberge, Germany.
Anne-Marie LutherUnit for Reproductive Medicine / Clinic for Pigs and Small Ruminants, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Foundation, Hannover, Germany.
Lisa Höfner-SchmiingUnit for Reproductive Medicine / Clinic for Pigs and Small Ruminants, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Foundation, Hannover, Germany.
Dagmar WaberskiUnit for Reproductive Medicine / Clinic for Pigs and Small Ruminants, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Foundation, Hannover, Germany. Dagmar.Waberski@tiho-hannover.de.
University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Foundation · DEFriedrich-Loeffler-Institut · DE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This single cell study aimed to clarify whether an elevated incidence of sperm with a retained cytoplasmic droplet (CD) can be compensated by a higher sperm number in boar semen doses to maintain fertility. Cluster analysis of motile spermatozoa (ten boars) revealed that spermatozoa with a CD are underrepresented in the fast, linearly moving sperm cohort compared to morphologically normal sperm. Nonetheless, the response to the motility stimulator procaine was barely affected in spermatozoa with distal CD (Cramer's V = 0.14), but moderately affected in sperm with proximal CD (V = 0.28). Viability was lower in sperm with distal CD (p < 0.05) but not with proximal CD compared to normal sperm during 168 h storage of extended semen samples (n = 11) and subsequent thermic stress. Morphologically normal sperm from normospermic samples (n = 10) or samples with a high incidence (≥ 15%) of sperm with CD (n = 9) had similar motility patterns and responses to procaine. The origin of morphologically normal sperm had no effect on sperm viability (p > 0.05; n = 26). In conclusion, a moderately enhanced prevalence of sperm with CD seems to be compensable by an increase in sperm numbers in boar semen doses.

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SemenSperm MotilityAnimalsFertilityIncidenceInsemination, ArtificialMaleProcaineSpermatozoaSwineProcaine

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PMID36528611
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