Epididymal tail solid-surface vitrification as an effective method for domestic cat sperm cryobanking

• Published in: Zygote (Cambridge) Vol. 29; no. 6; pp. 452 - 458
• Main Authors: Lima, Silmara L G, Soares, Airton R B, Stalker, Leanne, Santos, Regiane R, Domingues, Sheyla F S
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Cambridge University Press 01.12.2021
• Subjects: Animals; Cats; Cryopreservation; Cryopreservation - veterinary; Cryoprotective Agents - pharmacology; Cryoprotectors; Domestic animals; Epididymis; Ethylene glycol; Glycerol; Integrity; Male; Morphology; Motility; Nitrogen; Plasma; Semen Preservation - veterinary; Solid surfaces; Sperm; Sperm Motility; Spermatozoa; Sucrose; Tails; Vagina; Vitrification; Brazil; United States > US; Rio de Janeiro Brazil; Epididymis; Spermatozoa; CASA; Feline; Vitrification

This study aimed to describe the viability of domestic feline spermatozoa after epididymal tail vitrification. For this, 10 pairs of testis-epididymis complexes were used. The epididymal tails were vitrified using the solid-surface vitrification (SSV) method, in which two vitrification media contain...