Xiaohua Yi, Yanbo Qiu, Xiaoqin Tang, Yichen Lei, Yun Pan, Sayed Haidar Abbas Raza, Norah A Althobaiti, Aishah E Albalawi, Waleed Al Abdulmonem, Raafat T M Makhlof, Mohammad A Alsaad, Yu Zhang, Xiuzhu Sun
The effective combination of semen cryopreservation and artificial insemination has a positive effect on the conservation of germplasm resources, production and breeding, etc. However, during the process of semen cryopreservation, the sperm cells are very susceptible to different degrees of physical, chemical, and oxidative stress damage. Oxidative damage is the most important factor that reduces semen quality, which is affected by factors such as dilution equilibrium, change of osmotic pressure, cold shock, and enzyme action during the freezing-thawing process, which results in the aggregation of a large amount of reactive oxygen species (ROS) in sperm cells and affects the quality of semen after thawing...
January 24, 2024: Reproductive Sciences