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Revista de Medicina Veterinaria
Print version ISSN 0122-9354On-line version ISSN 2389-8526
Abstract
TORRES-RUDA, Felipe; MANJARREZ, Cindy Iveth; CARVAJAL-SERNA, Melissa and GRAJALES-LOMBANA, Henry Alberto. Effect of adding antioxidants in diluents for the preservation of sheep semen. Rev. Med. Vet. [online]. 2019, n.38, pp.101-109. ISSN 0122-9354. https://doi.org/10.19052/mv.vol1.iss38.9.
The present study aimed to evaluate the effect on sperm quality of three antioxidant substances (50 μM of trolox/108 spermatozoa, 50 μg of catalase/ml of ejaculate, and 5mM cysteamine) in a Triladyl™ commercial diluent base, under conditions of refrigeration and freezing/thawing in sheep semen. Semen from six adult males was frozen in a commercial Triladyl™ diluent base. The ejaculate of each male was placed in four different aliquots: one for control, and the other three with additional 50 μM of trolox/108 spermatozoa, 50 μg of catalase/ml of ejaculate, and 5 mM cysteamine, respectively, in the diluent base. Pre-freezing (5 °C) and post-freezing sperm quality was evaluated using a computerized analysis system (IVOS II®), which eliminated subjectivity during the test. It was observed that 50 μM of trolox/108 SPZ and 50 μg of catalase/ml are able to maintain higher values (p < 0.05) of total motility (64.26 ± 0.82 and 55.54 ± 0.85 ) and progressive motility (47.26 ± 0.75 and 44.32 ± 1.13) under pre-freezing conditions, and of total motility (67.60 ± 1.91 and 63.47 ± 3.40), progressive motility (50.87 ± 2.58 and 38.88 ± 2.31), and viability (66.97 ± 2.25 and 61.16 ± 4.31) in the post-freezing period, compared to control treatments or the addition of 5 mM of cysteamine. The addition of 50 μM of trolox/108 spermatozoa and 50 μg of catalase/ml of semen improves the total and progressive motility in ovine semen refrigerated at 5 °C, as well as viability in frozen/thawed semen.
Keywords : antioxidant; sperm quality; freezing; lipid oxidation.