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ArticleMethods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.)2025

Cryopreservation of Horse Sperm.

Jordi Miró, Iris Martínez-Rodero, Marc Yeste, Jaime Catalán

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Article in Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 authors.

Jordi MiróUnit of Animal Reproduction, Department of Animal Medicine and Surgery, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain. jordi.miro@uab.cat.
Iris Martínez-RoderoUnit of Animal Reproduction, Department of Animal Medicine and Surgery, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
Marc YesteBiotechnology of Animal and Human Reproduction (TechnoSperm), Institute of Food and Agricultural Technology, University of Girona, Girona, Spain.
Jaime CatalánUnit of Animal Reproduction, Department of Animal Medicine and Surgery, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cryopreservation is currently the only strategy for long-term conservation of equine sperm. To get optimal post-thaw sperm survival, carefully following each step of the freezing protocol is crucial. First, one needs to obtain and exhaustively analyze an ejaculate of good sperm quality. Then, the seminal plasma is removed by centrifugation, and the resulting pellet is resuspended in a certain volume of the freezing medium to reach the right sperm concentration. Finally, sperm samples are packaged into 0.5-mL straws, cooled, and frozen using an automatic, controlled-rate freezer. Once the temperature reaches -120 °C, straws are plunged into liquid nitrogen and stored in tanks until their further use.

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CryopreservationSemen PreservationSpermatozoaAnimalsCryoprotective AgentsHorsesMaleSemen AnalysisCryoprotective AgentsCryopreservationFreezing mediaHorseSemen analysisSperm

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PMID40202637

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