•  
  •  
 

The Thai Journal of Veterinary Medicine

Abstract

The present study aims to investigate a suitable L-cysteine level to be added the lactose-egg yolk (LEY) extender to improve the quality of boar semen after freezing-thawing using Annexin-V and propidium iodide (PI) assay detected with flow cytometer. Ejaculates from twelve boars were processed in the LEY extender and added with 0, 5, 10 and 15 mM of L-cysteine. Semen suspensions were cryopreserved with a controlled-rate freezer and thawed for examination. The surface of sperm plasma membrane was explored by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) while sperm membrane integrity was performed by Annexin-V/PI assay. Of all treatments, the damaged spermatozoa in various patterns were observed whereas the intact spermatozoa were still found by SEM. The viable and non-apoptotic (AN-/PI-) sperms were higher (p< 0.05) in the levels of 5 and 10 mM. These results indicated that the damaged spermatozoa were found after freezing/thawing and the L-cysteine at concentrations of 5 to 10 mM added to LEY extender was the optimal dose against oxidative stress and acquisition for improving cryopreserved boar sperm quality.

Publisher

Faculty of Veterinary Science, Chulalongkorn University

First Page

483

Last Page

488

Share

COinS