Effect of cooling system in bovine semen cryopreservation

• Grant number: 14/11304-3
• Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants
• Start date: October 01, 2014
• End date: September 30, 2016
• Field of knowledge: Agronomical Sciences - Veterinary Medicine - Animal Reproduction
• Principal Investigator: Fabio Morato Monteiro
• Grantee: Fabio Morato Monteiro
• Host Institution: Instituto de Zootecnia. Agência Paulista de Tecnologia dos Agronegócios (APTA). Secretaria de Agricultura e Abastecimento (São Paulo - Estado). Nova Odessa , SP, Brazil
• Associated researchers: Camila de Paula Freitas Dell´Aqua ; Frederico Ozanam Papa ; José Antonio Dell'Aqua Junior ; Maria Eugênia Zerlotti Mercadante

Abstract

One of the main steps in the sperm cryopreservation process is the cooling step. The rate of cooling can reduce the thermal shock and damages sperm cells with that in cryopreservation better results could be improved by using curves were slower and homogeneous cooling, but in some refrigeration systems, such as common refrigerators, it does not. Thus, the objective is comparing different systems cooling and cryopreservation from bovine semen and its effects on the quality of cryopreserved semen. The experimental design is randomized in a 5x2 factorial arrangement with 5 cooling systems and 2 cryopreservation, totaling 10 treatments. Two ejaculates of 15 Nelore bulls totaling 30 ejaculates collected by electroejaculation will be used. The ejaculates be diluted in a single fraction (BotuBov ®) to a final concentration of 60x106 spz/ml after dilution are cooled for 5 hours at 5 different cooling systems (TK 4000 ® with cooling curve of 0.25°C/min, 4000 TK ® with cooling curve of 0.5°C/min, refrigerator Minitüb® 518C , BotuTainer® and other common refrigerators) and 2 cryopreservation (TK 4000 ® and box with liquid nitrogen) . Sperm kinetics will be performed by the device IVOS (Version 14 , Hamilton - Thorne Bioscience ) at three times: after 5 hours of cooling (before cryopreservation), cryopreservation and after the test quickly thermotolerance (TTR) . Moreover, the evaluation of the integrity of the plasma, mitochondrial membrane and acrosomal association using fluorescent probes is performed. The analyzes of the data generated will help elucidate which better system cooling and cryopreservation that may benefit the technicians working in the field. (AU)

Scientific publications

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RIBEIRO DIAS, ERIKA ALINE; CAMPANHOLI, SUZANE PERES; ROSSI, GUILHERME FAZAN; FREITAS DELL'AQUA, CAMILA DE PAULA; DELL'AQUA JUNIOR, JOSE ANTONIO; PAPA, FREDERICO OZANAM; ZORZETTO, MARIANA FURTADO; PARO DE PAZ, CLAUDIA CRISTINA; OLIVEIRA, LETICIA ZOCCOLARO; ZERLOTTI MERCADANTE, MARIA EUGENIA; et al. Evaluation of cooling and freezing systems of bovine semen. Animal Reproduction Science, v. 195, p. 102-111, AUG 2018. (14/20360-4, 14/11304-3)