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Low-Cost QCM Sensor System for Screening Semen Samples [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Artificial insemination is a well-established part of modern agricultural practice. A viable semen sample is judged by the total number of spermatozoa (sperm) in the sample and the motility of the sperm.
Atherton, Shaun   +6 more
core   +2 more sources

Effect of Sperm Selection by ''Swim-Up" Technique on the Sex Ratio of In Vitro Produced Ovine Embryos

open access: yesThe Iraqi Journal of Veterinary Medicine, 2013
The objective of this study was to investigate the percentage of male and female ovine embryos produced after oocytes fertilization by sperm selected with self-migration (swim-up) technique.
Saja Hadi
doaj   +1 more source

The enriched Y-bearing sperm combined with delayed fixed-time artificial insemination for obtaining male Simmental crossbred offspring [PDF]

open access: yesVeterinary World, 2022
Background and Aim: The production of male calf beef cattle is an agricultural innovation needed to increase the farm's productivity as a provider of meat sources.
Dewa Ketut Meles   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Relationship between swim bladder morphology and hearing abilities--a case study on Asian and African cichlids.

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2012
BackgroundSeveral teleost species have evolved anterior extensions of the swim bladder which come close to or directly contact the inner ears. A few comparative studies have shown that these morphological specializations may enhance hearing abilities ...
Tanja Schulz-Mirbach   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Will souped up salmon sink or swim? [PDF]

open access: yesNature, 2000
A company in Massachusetts is seeking permission to market salmon genetically modified to grow faster than normal. Tony Reichhardt explores the potential ecological risks, should the fish escape from salmon farms.
openaire   +1 more source

Uso da técnica de swim-up para a remoção do Vírus da Artrite Encefalite Caprina do sêmen de reprodutores infectados

open access: yesArquivo Brasileiro de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, 2015
Neste estudo, 67 ejaculados foram avaliados, antes e depois da técnica de swim-up, em relação à qualidade seminal e à presença do CAEV. Das 67 amostras testadas por PCRn, antes do swim-up, 47 (70,15%) foram positivas para o DNA pró-viral.
A.A. Ávila   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Dramatic effect of pop-up satellite tags on eel swimming [PDF]

open access: yesNaturwissenschaften, 2011
The journey of the European eel to the spawning area in the Sargasso Sea is still a mystery. Several trials have been carried out to follow migrating eels with pop-up satellite tags (PSATs), without much success. As eels are very efficient swimmers, tags likely interfere with their high swimming efficiency.
Burgerhout, Erik   +5 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Effects of bovine spermatozoa preparation on embryonic development in vitro

open access: yesReproductive Biology and Endocrinology, 2006
The aim of our research was to examine the ability of density gradient preparation BoviPure® and swim up method on bull sperm separation and in vitro embryo production (IVP) systems.
Cergolj Marijan   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Effect of the pH in the enrichment of X or Y sex chromosome-bearing sperm in bovine [PDF]

open access: yesVeterinary World, 2019
Background and Aim: Studies have shown that the pH of the vagina during the course of fertilization may influence the migration of X- and Y-bearing spermatozoa and thus leading to skewness in the sex of the offspring. Hence, this study was carried out to
Nidhi P. Raval   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Digit-only sauropod pes trackways from China - evidence of swimming or a preservational phenomenon? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
For more than 70 years unusual sauropod trackways have played a pivotal role in debates about the swimming ability of sauropods. Most claims that sauropods could swim have been based on manus-only or manus-dominated trackways.
C Gierliński   +49 more
core   +3 more sources

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