Affiliation:
1. Department of Veterinary Surgery and Animal Reproduction, School of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science, FMVZ Universidade Estadual Paulista “Júlio de Mesquita Filho”, UNESP Botucatu Brazil
2. Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine Basseterre St. Kitts West Indies
3. Department of Veterinary Clinical Medicine College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Illinois Urbana‐Champaign Urbana Illinois USA
Abstract
AbstractBackgroundArtificial insemination with cooled‐shipped semen is the primary method used in the equine breeding industry; yet, sperm quality and fertility can be suboptimal for some stallions when standard techniques are used. Therefore, there is a critical need to develop alternative approaches for these stallions.ObjectiveTo assess sperm quality parameters and fertility of cooled‐stored stallion semen processed by SpermFilter® or centrifugation and resuspended in three extenders.Study designControlled and field study.MethodsIn Experiment 1, semen was collected from 21 stallions classified as having good (‘Good‐coolers’, n = 8) or poor (‘Bad‐coolers’, n = 13) semen cooling. The semen was extended at 30 million spermatozoa/mL in a skimmed milk‐based (SM) diluent, and refrigerated for 24 h. Then, the cooled‐stored semen was processed through SpermFilter® or centrifugation, and the resulting sperm pellets were resuspended in SM, SM containing pentoxifylline (SM‐P), or an egg yolk‐based (EY) extender. Unprocessed cooled‐stored semen served as control. Sperm motility parameters, plasma membrane integrity (PMI), and mitochondrial membrane potential (HMMP) were assessed in cooled‐semen pre‐ and post‐processing. Experiment 2, cooled semen from 9 stallions classified as Bad‐coolers was used to inseminate 18 embryo donor mares at 66 cycles (Unprocessed, n = 22; SpermFilter®/SM‐P, n = 16; or SpermFilter®/EY, n = 28). Data were analysed with a mixed model and Tukey's as posthoc, and logistic regression.ResultsProcessed semen resuspended in EY had superior sperm motility compared to unprocessed, SM and SM‐P (p < 0.0001). Semen processed by SpermFilter® resuspended in SM‐P was similar to EY (p > 0.05). Pellet resuspension with EY and SM‐P improved the HMMP of Bad‐cooler stallions (p = 0.0010). Semen processed by SpermFilter® had superior PMI to centrifuged semen (p < 0.0001). Mares inseminated with SpermFilter®/SM‐P (50%, 8/16) or SpermFilter®/‐EY (68%, 9/28) had higher pregnancy rates than mares bred with unprocessed semen (14%, 3/22) (p < 0.001).Main limitationsLow number of mares in the fertility trial.ConclusionSperm quality and fertility of Bad‐cooler stallions can be enhanced by SpermFilter® and pellet resuspension with either EY or SM‐P.
Funder
Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo
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1. Advances in equine reproduction;Equine Veterinary Journal;2024-06-05