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| Pradieé,J.; Cardoso,T.F.; Silva,E.F.; Gonçalves,A.O.; Gastal,G.D.A.; Rosa,C.E.; Mondadori,R.G.; Pegoraro,L.M.C.; Vieira,A.D.; Lucia Jr.,T.. |
| ABSTRACT The effects of β-mercaptoethanol (BME) and cysteine on the viability and oxidative activity of ram sperm after thawing and on development in vitro and viability of vitrified sheep embryos were evaluated. Ejaculates from four rams were pooled and extended, composing six treatments: no antioxidants; 2mM BME; 5mM BME; 2mM BME and 5mM cysteine; 5mM BME and 5mM cysteine; and 5mM cysteine. Sperm motility, membrane and acrosome integrity, mitochondrial functionality, production of reactive oxygen species and total antioxidant capacity were similar across treatments (P>0.05). A medium with no antioxidant presented cleavage and blastocyst development rates (60.3% and 33.6%, respectively) similar (P>0.05) to those of a medium with 50μM BME and 600μM... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Sheep embryos; Antioxidant; Reactive oxygen species; Frozen ram sperm; Vitrification. |
| Ano: 2016 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-09352016000501309 |
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