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The quality of chilled stallion semen in relation to its Freezability potential.

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Last updated: 09 Apr 2025

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Theriogenology

Abstract

The current study aimed to compare the quality of chilled stallion semen depending on its frozen-thawed quality. Semen was collected once weekly for 3 successive weeks from 10 fertile Arabian stallions belonging to Al-Zahraa stud, Cairo, Egypt, using a stallion artificial vagina. Semen was extended in INRA -96 and centrifuged at 400g for 10 minutes. The sperm pellets were re-suspended to a final sperm concentration of 100 x 106 motile sperm/ml with INRA-96 either with or without 5% glycerol and 15% egg yolk. After cooling to 5oC, the chilled semen portion was kept at 5oC for 72 hours. The cryopreserved semen was packed in 0.5-ml straws, equilibrated at 5oC for 30 min, and placed 5cm above the liquid nitrogen level. The chilled and frozen-thawed semen samples were evaluated for progressive motility, plasma membrane integrity (Hypoosmotic swelling test), acrosome integrity (Giemsa staining), mitochondrial activity (MTT assay), and DNA integrity (Comet assay). Stallions were classified as good and poor freezers according to the results of frozen-thawed semen. The results of chilled semen were compared between the good and poor freezer stallions. The results revealed that the chilled semen of good freezer stallions has higher values of all semen parameters than that of poor freezer stallions (P < 0.01). In conclusion; the present study revealed that semen from good freezer stallions has higher post-storage semen quality either after chilling or cryopreservation compared to that of poor freezer stallions

DOI

10.21608/bvmj.2025.350328.1915

Keywords

Stallion semen, cryopreservation, chilling, good poor freezer, DNA

Authors

First Name

Nadia

Last Name

Nasr

MiddleName

Hamdy

Affiliation

1Theriogenology Department, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Benha University, Egypt 2 Alzahraa Farm of Arabian stallions, Agriculture Research Institute, Ministry of Agriculture, Egypt.

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nadiahamdynasr@gmail.com

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Cairo

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First Name

Alaa

Last Name

Abd El-Ghaffar

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1Theriogenology Department, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Benha University, Egypt 3 Department of Clinical Veterinary Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Delta University for Science and Technology, Gamasa, Dakahlia, Egypt

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First Name

Mahmoud

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E.A. Aboulroos

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1 Theriogenology Department, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Benha University, Egypt.

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First Name

Diya A.

Last Name

El Badry

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Affiliation

Artificial Insemination and Embryo transfer, Animal Reproduction Research Institute, Egypt

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First Name

Abeer

Last Name

Anwer

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Affiliation

Immuno-Pharmacology Unit, Animal Reproduction Research Institute, Egypt.

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First Name

Ahmed

Last Name

Elkhawagah

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Theriogenology Department, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Benha University, Egypt.

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ahmed.alkhawagah@fvtm.bu.edu.eg

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Volume

48

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1

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54887

Issue Date

2025-04-01

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2025-01-05

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2025-04-01

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8

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12

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1110-6581

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2974-4806

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812

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Benha Veterinary Medical Journal

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The quality of chilled stallion semen in relation to its Freezability potential.

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09 Apr 2025