PRODUCTION OF IN VITRO EMBRYO USING SEXED SPERM OF 5/8 GIROLANDO BULLS
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We evaluated the "in vitro" blastocyst rate production using bovine sexed semen. Semen from three bulls was used to verify the individual's semen variation, cleavage rates and embryo production. In this study, we employed reproductive biotechnologies, computer analysis of post-thawed semen and fluorescent probes for sperm cells integrity analysis (plasma membrane, acrosome membrane and mitochondrial potential). A total of 959 oocysts went through in vitro maturation steps for in vitro fertilization and cultivation, being 473 with sexed semen and 486 with conventional semen. The cleavage rate was observed in blastocysts on D2 and D7. Data were analyzed by SPSS 16.0 software using analysis of variance (ANOVA), Student's t-test was used to detect differences between groups, and chi-square analysis for in vitro production results (P <0.05 ). The results differed between conventional (31.06%) and sexed semen (21.10%) in the obtainment of blastocyst. When the blastocyst production was individually compared in sexed semen samples (27.69%, 17.93% and 25.56%, bulls 1, 2 and 3, respectively) we verified T2 <T1 and T1 = T3 and T2 = T3. As for sperm kinetic analyzes, the sexed semen samples showed differences among bulls in curvilinear speed, linear speed and path velocity variables where T1 (117.7 ± 1.6 µm/s; 60.0 ± 0.3 µm/s, 73.6 ± 0.4 µm/s, respectively) showed the highest values when compared to T2 bulls (80.2 ± 2.3 µm/s, 47.0 ± 2.0 µm/s, 57.7 ± 0, 9 µm/s, respectively) and T3 (86.4 ± 5.7 µm/s, 46.2 ± 2.7 µm/s, 53.8 ± 2.8 µm/s, respectively). Analyses of sperm cell integrity did not differ among conventional semen samples, but in the sexed semen, membrane integrity was the variable that differ statistically among bulls once T1 (38 ± 2.7) differed from T3 (53 8 ± 1.8) (P = 0.009) but did not differ from T2 (44.1 ± 4.4). It is possible to conclude that sexed semen was less efficient in blastocyst production when compared with conventional semen. Analyses of kinetic and integrity were consistent with the fertilization potential of semen samples from 5/8 Girolando bulls.
Keywords: bovine, CASA, FIV.
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