Acta Univ. Agric. Silvic. Mendelianae Brun. 2016, 64(1), 169-175 | DOI: 10.11118/actaun201664010169

The Quality of Frozen-thawed Canine Semen With Respect to Semen Extender Composition and Sequence of Ejaculate Collection in Dogs

Jiří Šichtař1, Ondřej Šimoník1, Petra Folková1, Adéla Dokoupilová2, Radko Rajmon1, Ivona Svobodová2, Lukáš Jebavý2
1 Department of Veterinary Sciences, Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Kamýcká 129, 165 21, Praha 6-Suchdol, Czech Republic
2 Department of Animal Science and Ethology, Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Kamýcká 129, 165 21, Praha 6-Suchdol, Czech Republic

The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of clarified egg yolk addition to semen extender, and the semen collection sequence on the quality of frozen-thawed semen in dogs. Semen was collected from 6 dogs in a time interval of 24 hours. As parameter of the quality of frozen-thawed (F-T) semen, the motility by computer assisted sperm analysis (CASA) and plasma membrane integrity by hypo-osmotic swelling test (HOS) were evaluated. All kinematic parameters of sperm motility were higher in F-T samples containing the whole in comparison to the clarified egg yolk. The sequence of semen collection affected sperm movement characteristics of native as well as F-T semen, but it was not possible to determine whether the fresh semen from the 1st or 2nd collection is of higher quality. All motility parameters of sperms frozen with extender containing the whole egg yolk were significantly higher in the case of the 2nd collection. The situation was not so clear in the case of clarified egg yolk addition, but the velocity values were higher in F-T samples from the 2nd collection. In contrast to proven differences in motility, the effect of the addition of clarified egg yolk and the sequence of semen collection were not projected at all on the quality of plasma membrane of canine sperms evaluated by HOS test.

Keywords: reproduction, dog, ejaculate, frozen-thawed semen, extender, egg yolk
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This work was funded by grant VG20132015133 from Ministry of the Interior of the Czech Republic.

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Šichtař, J., Šimoník, O., Folková, P., Dokoupilová, A., Rajmon, R., Svobodová, I., & Jebavý, L. (2016). The Quality of Frozen-thawed Canine Semen With Respect to Semen Extender Composition and Sequence of Ejaculate Collection in Dogs. Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis, 64(1), 169-175. doi: 10.11118/actaun201664010169
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