Assessment of the plasma membrane resistance of boar spermatozoa with using short hypoosmotic swelling test

FRYDRYCHOVÁ, Soňa, LUSTYKOVÁ, Alena, ČEŘOVSKÝ, Josef and ROZKOT, Miroslav. Assessment of the plasma membrane resistance of boar spermatozoa with using short hypoosmotic swelling test. Research in Pig Breeding, 2009, vol. 3(2), p. 28-30. ISSN 1802-7547.
Year2009
CathegoryPublication in specialized journals
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Abstract

The objective of this study was to assess the sperm membrane resistance in diluted boar semen with using short hypoosmotic swelling test (sHOS-test). sHOS-test evaluates the functional integrity of the spermatozoa plasma membrane, especially of the tail. sHOS-test involves incubation of spermatozoa in hypoosmotic solution 75 mOsm/l for 5 min. Eosin-nigrosine staining test was used with sHOS-test. Ejaculates from 21 fertile hybrid AI boars were collected by the gloved hand method. In the fresh boar semen were evaluated these parameters: semen volume, sperm motility, sperm concentration, morphologically abnormal spermatozoa, percentage of live sperm and sHOS-test. The boar semen was diluted in a semendilution rate of 1 + 4 in Androhep, Androstar, Androstar plus, MIII, LD and was stored at a temperature 17°C up to 96h. Samples of semen-dilution were kept at 38°C in water bath and resistance of spermatozoa was evaluated with sHOS-test before and after 1h incubation in water bath each day.