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Key words: semen kinematics, semen, fertility, CASA<br />

409 Effect of Antioxidant Addition on in vitro Semen Quality <strong>and</strong><br />

in vivo Fertility of Frozen-Thawed Bovine Semen<br />

M. Griga 1 , H. Nehring 2 , C. Leiding 1<br />

1 Artificial Insemination Center BVN, Animal Reproduction <strong>and</strong> A.I,<br />

Neustadt Aisch, Germany<br />

2 Institut für Fortpflanzung l<strong>and</strong>wirtschaftlicher Nutztiere, Animal<br />

Reproduction <strong>and</strong> A.I, Berlin, Germany<br />

Reactive oxygen species (ROS) play a significant role in many of the<br />

sperm physiological processes <strong>and</strong> they also trigger many<br />

pathological processes. Favourable effects of antioxidant molecules<br />

on sperm motility have been reported in the literature. The objective<br />

of this study was to examine the influence of antioxidant molecules,<br />

content in to the Oxyfree ® Premix (IMV, Technologies, France), on<br />

the motility <strong>and</strong> fertility when added to bulls semen diluted with a<br />

egg yolk extender (Triladyl ® , Minitueb, Germany). Four ejaculate<br />

from each six Fleckvieh bulls were split into four fractions. Two<br />

fractions were diluted to a final concentration of 14 x 106<br />

sperm/straw <strong>and</strong> another two fracton of 8 x 10 6 sperm/straw. One<br />

fraction with 14 <strong>and</strong> one with 8 x10 6 sperm/straw were diluted with<br />

extender containing Oxyfree. Frozen-thawed semen were evaluated<br />

for motility by a CASA system (SpermVision ® , Minitueb, Germany)<br />

30 <strong>and</strong> 120 minutes after thawed <strong>and</strong> acrosomal integrity <strong>and</strong><br />

spermatic membrane integrity by staining with fluorescein<br />

isothiocyanate-conjugated Arachis hypogea agglutinin (FITC-PNA)<br />

in combination with propidium iodide <strong>and</strong> analysed by flow<br />

cytometer (Beckman & Coulter, USA). ROS was determined by<br />

flow cytometer by staining with BODIPY 581/591 ,<br />

dihydrorhodamine 123 (DHR) <strong>and</strong> dichlorofluorescin diacetate<br />

(DCFH), 15 minutes, 2 hours <strong>and</strong> 4 hours post-thaw <strong>and</strong> also 15<br />

minutes with oxidative stress by adding of butyl hydroxide <strong>and</strong><br />

hydrogen peroxide. Post-thawed semen evaluation schowed that<br />

motility (mean ± SD) was increased (p

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