Motility, vigor and pathologies in fresh and cryopreserved semen of Piaractus mesopotamicus

Authors

  • Danilo Pedro STREIT JR. Faculdade de Agronomia da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Dep. de Zootecnia, Laboratório de Aquacultura http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8735-9638
  • Ana C. de OLIVEIRA Universidade Estadual de Maringá (UEM), Dep. de Zootecnia, Laboratório de Reprodução Animal
  • Ricardo Pereira RIBEIRO Universidade Estadual de Maringá (UEM), Dep. de Zootecnia, Laboratório de Reprodução Animal
  • Rodolfo Nardez SIROL Gerência de Meio Ambiente da DUKE ENERGY -  Geração Paranapanema S.A
  • Gentil Vanini de MORAES Universidade Estadual de Maringá (UEM), Dep. de Zootecnia, Laboratório de Reprodução Animal
  • Juliana Minardi GALO Universidade Estadual de Maringá (UEM), Dep. de Zootecnia, Laboratório de Reprodução Animal
  • Melanie DIGMAYER Universidade Estadual de Maringá (UEM), Dep. de Zootecnia, Laboratório de Reprodução Animal

Keywords:

cryopreservation, spermatic morphology, progressive motility, fish, spermatic vigor

Abstract

Spermatozoa morphological alterations of eleven pacus (Piaractus mesopotamicus) were evaluated before and after frozen-thawed processing. The semen cryopreservation caused a decrease (P<0.05) in the percentage of normal spermatozoa compared to fresh semen from 40.21% to 31.10%. Otherwise, the percentage of spermatozoa with primary pathologies increased 14.46% (P<0.05) in the semen after thawing. However, there was no differences in seminal secondary pathologies (P>0.05) before and after cryopreservation. The progressive motility and the spermatic vigor were reduced in frozen-thawed semen in 66.45 and 34.2%, respectively (P<0.05). Moreover, bent tail abnormality and broken tail pathology were increased in 65.00 and 41.25% (P<0.05) after frozen thawed. Also, macrocephaly and distal cytoplasmatic drop were observed in the semen only after freezing, while short tail spermatozoa were observed only in fresh semen. However, a higher occurrence of loose tail was observed in fresh semen.

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Published

2018-11-04

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