Docosahexaenoic acid in diluent for goat semen cryopreservation

Rosiléia Silva Souza; William Morais Machado; Caline Santana da França; Lopes César Mugabe; Emmanuel Emydio Gomes Pinheiro; Isabella de Matos Brandão Carneiro; Laiara Fernandes Rocha; Larissa Pires Barbosa

doi:10.1590/1984-3143-AR2021-0027

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Docosahexaenoic acid in diluent for goat semen cryopreservation

Rosiléia Silva Souza; William Morais Machado; Caline Santana da França; Lopes César Mugabe; Emmanuel Emydio Gomes Pinheiro; Isabella de Matos Brandão Carneiro; Laiara Fernandes Rocha; Larissa Pires Barbosa

http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1984-3143-AR2021-0027 Anim Reprod, vol.18, n3, e20210027, 2021

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Abstract

The effects of docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) in the diluent for cryopreservation of goat semen on seminal quality and the optimal levels to be used were evaluated. After collection, semen was pooled and physically evaluated, then divided into four aliquots with different DHA levels in the diluent: 0, 10, 20, and 30 ng mL^-1. The semen was cryopreserved in a TK 3000® freezing machine and then thawed for assessment at 37 °C. Sperm motility and vigor, membrane integrity, acrosomal integrity, mitochondrial activity, and sperm chromatin compaction were evaluated after thawing. A completely randomized design was used. For normally distributed variables, ANOVA and regression analysis were used to test for differences between treatments, and for non-parametric data, the Kruskal Wallis test was used at the 5% significance level. There were no differences among groups in terms of membrane integrity, acrosomal integrity, or chromatin compaction. There was a decrease in class I mitochondrial activity with increasing DHA level (P<0.05), but no differences in classes II, III, and IV (P>0.05). The inclusion of 10 to 30 ng mL^-1 of DHA in the diluent did not result in improvements in seminal quality parameters after thawing, with some impairment observed in the mitochondrial activity of the sperm cells.

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fatty acids, semen, lipids, goat, cryopreservation

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03/26/2021

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09/27/2021

Docosahexaenoic acid in diluent for goat semen cryopreservation

Rosiléia Silva Souza; William Morais Machado; Caline Santana da França; Lopes César Mugabe; Emmanuel Emydio Gomes Pinheiro; Isabella de Matos Brandão Carneiro; Laiara Fernandes Rocha; Larissa Pires Barbosa

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