Sperm quality in fish: Determinants and affecting factors
Fish sperm quality assessment is helpful for optimizing production and for monitoring the environmental state. Sperm can be monitored relatively easy and, to date, various analyses have been applied and proven to be helpful in this task. Among them, sperm motility parameters such as sperm speed are...
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Published in | Theriogenology Vol. 135; pp. 94 - 108 |
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Main Authors | , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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United States
Elsevier Inc
01.09.2019
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Summary: | Fish sperm quality assessment is helpful for optimizing production and for monitoring the environmental state. Sperm can be monitored relatively easy and, to date, various analyses have been applied and proven to be helpful in this task. Among them, sperm motility parameters such as sperm speed are one of the main performance traits during assisted fish reproduction. Apart from motility the sperm concentration, volume, and seminal plasma pH and osmolality are also frequently evaluated and are the main sperm quality indicators measured in fish sperm. However, other parameters also determine sperm fertilization potential. Recent knowledge reveals several additional parameters of high importance for sperm function. Among them are DNA integration, membrane stability, mitochondria status and enzymatic activity. Measuring all these parameters in fish sperm provides complex knowledge regarding male fertility and helps to improve broodstock maintenance protocols as well as gamete handling and fertilization processes. This review focuses on the presentation of the sperm quality measures for freshwater and marine species of the fish and provides information regarding recent methods of sperm quality evaluation.
•We have described briefly factors which might affect the fish sperm quality.•The basic sperm quality and quantity parameters measured in fresh and marine fish were discussed.•We introduced a state of art methods used for fish sperm quality evaluation.•In detail, we explained the effects of different camera speed (frame per second) on the sperm CASA measurements accuracy. |
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ISSN: | 0093-691X 1879-3231 |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2019.06.009 |