| This study evaluated different methods of frozen-thawed sperm selection and capacita-tion in goats for further use in reproductive biotechnologies. In Experiment 1, semen wasprocessed by the following techniques: mini-Percoll, swim-up, or washing by centrifuga-tion. In Experiment 2, mini-Percoll selected-sperm was subjected to capacitation inductionby incubation with: 50 ug/mL heparin, 10 uM, 50 uM, or 100 uM of sodium nitroprusside(SNP). Motility, vigor, acrosome, and plasma membrane (PM) integrity were evaluated afterthawing and after each treatment of sperm selection or capacitation. In Experiment 1, wash-ing by centrifugation presented greater (43%; P < 0.05) spermatozoa recovery rate than theother treatments. The swim-up technique showed the lowest... |
