Artificial insemination with frozen‐thawed boar sperm

• Published in: Molecular reproduction and development Vol. 84; no. 9; pp. 802 - 813
• Main Authors: Yeste, Marc, Rodríguez‐Gil, Joan E., Bonet, Sergi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.09.2017
• Subjects: Animals; Artificial insemination; Cryopreservation; Cryoprotectors; Female; Fertilization; Freeze-thawing; Germplasm; Insemination, Artificial - methods; Male; Natural disasters; pigs; Semen; Sperm; Spermatozoa - cytology; Spermatozoa - metabolism; Swine; Thawing; semen; pigs; artificial insemination; cryopreservation

Artificial insemination with frozen‐thawed semen in pigs is not a routine technique; its use is restricted to specific cases, such as preservation of valuable genetic material (germplasm banks), safety strategies in case of natural disasters, long‐distance transport of sperm, and in combination with...