The impact of storage temperature and sperm number on the fertility of liquid-stored bull semen
Craig Murphy A D , Shauna A. Holden A , Edel M. Murphy A , Andrew R. Cromie B , Patrick Lonergan C and Sean Fair A E
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A Department of Life Sciences, Faculty of Science and Engineering, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland.
B Irish Cattle Breeding Federation, Bandon, Co. Cork, Ireland.
C School of Agriculture and Food Science, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland.
D Current address: Animal and Grassland Research and Innovation Centre, Teagasc, Moorepark, Fermoy, Co. Cork, Ireland.
E Corresponding author. Email: sean.fair@ul.ie
Reproduction, Fertility and Development 28(9) 1349-1359 https://doi.org/10.1071/RD14369
Submitted: 30 September 2014 Accepted: 15 January 2015 Published: 5 March 2015
Abstract
In Ireland, liquid bull semen is stored at unregulated ambient temperatures, typically at 5 × 106 spermatozoa per dose, and inseminated within 2.5 days of collection. In Experiment 1, the effect of storage temperature (5, 15, 22, 32°C and fluctuations (Flux) between these temperatures) on progressive motility, viability, acrosomal status, DNA fragmentation and osmotic resistance was assessed. In Experiment 2, the field fertility of liquid semen at 5, 4 and 3 × 106 spermatozoa per dose, up to Day 2 after collection, was assessed in comparison to frozen–thawed semen at 20 × 106 spermatozoa per dose (n = 35 328 inseminations). In Experiment 1, storage at 15°C resulted in the highest progressive motility (P < 0.01). The osmotic resistance of spermatozoa declined with duration of storage; however, after Day 3 this decline was reduced in the 5°C and Flux 15°C treatments (P < 0.01). In Experiment 2, the non-return rate of liquid semen stored at 4 and 3 × 106 spermatozoa per dose on Day 2 of storage was reduced in comparison to frozen–thawed semen (P < 0.01). In conclusion, liquid semen is versatile between storage temperatures of 5 and 22°C, but demonstrates reduced fertility on Day 2 of storage at lower sperm numbers in comparison to frozen–thawed semen.
Additional keywords: bull, dairy, liquid semen, membrane integrity, motility, spermatozoa.
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