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Amir Rashidi

Amir Rashidi

Academic rank: Professor
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Education: PhD.
ScopusId: 23009961900
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Faculty: Faculty of Agriculture
Address: Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Kurdistan, Sanandaj, Iran.
Phone: 08733668512

Research

Title
Effect of Cholesterol-loaded-cyclodextrin in Presence and Absence of Egg Yolk during Freezing Step on Quality of Markhoz Buck’s Spermatozoa
Type
JournalPaper
Keywords
(Key Words : Markhoz Goat, Cholesterol, Cyclodexterin, Cryopreservation, Spermatozoa, Buck)
Year
2011
Journal ASIAN-AUSTRALASIAN JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCES
DOI
Researchers Abbas Farshad ، fardin Amidi ، Abbas Koohi khor ، Amir Rashidi

Abstract

ABSTRACT : Cryopreservation protocols induce partially irreversible damage to mammalian sperm plasma membranes. Previous studies have indicated that adding cholesterol to the plasma membrane, as cholesterol-loaded-cyclodextrins, improves cryosurvival of sperm. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to determine if treating sperm of Markhoz bucks with cholesterol-loaded-cyclodextrins (CLC) (0, 0.75, 1.5, 2.25 and 3 mg/ml diluted 240×10 6 sperm/ml) in Tris-citric acid-glucose diluents with and without egg yolk (containing 5% glycerol) would improve the post-thaw sperm quality. The motion characteristics were evaluated with a Computer Assisted System Analyzer (CASA); acrosome integrity and vitality were measured with the triple-stain technique. Samples were recovered before and after freezing by means of putting straws into 37°C water for 30 sec and then parameters were assessed. The results showed that the treatments significantly affected motility, progressive motility, recovery rate, curvilinear velocity, beat cross frequency, live sperm with reacted acrosome, live sperm with unreacted acrosome, dead sperm with reacted acrosorne, and dead sperm with unreacted acrosome during freezing (p<0.05). However; no significant differences were found for average path velocity, straight line velocity, amplitude of lateral head displacement, straightness and linearity (p>0.05). The best results were observed for extender containing 2.25 mg/ml (240×10 6 sperm/ml) CLC supplemented with 2.6% egg yolk. In conclusion, the findings of this study indicate improved Markhoz sperm viability and motility following treatment in the presence of egg yolk.