New Insights into Male Fertility and Sperm Preservation in Animals
A special issue of Animals (ISSN 2076-2615). This special issue belongs to the section "Animal Reproduction".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 April 2025 | Viewed by 1054
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Interests: wildlife reproductive physiology and biotechnologies; assisted reproductive technology; wildlife reproduction
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Dear Colleagues,
The development of methods to preserve male fertility and sperm in animals is crucial to the conservation of valuable genotypes and is essential for assisted reproduction programs, facilitating artificial insemination and embryo transfer, thereby increasing the efficiency of controlled breeding efforts. For domestic animals, studies in this area can contribute to the continuous improvement of breeds, increasing the productivity and sustainability of breeding systems. Furthermore, knowledge on this subject is highly applicable to wildlife, thus contributing to the preservation of biodiversity. Over several years, methodologies have focused mainly on improving sperm conservation protocols, whether from samples from ejaculates or obtained through recovery of the epididymis. More recently, it has been possible to observe a great advent in the development of methods of cryopreservation and culture of testicular tissues and cells, which have enabled the in vitro resumption of spermatogenesis, thus expanding the possibilities of strategies for preserving male fertility. In this sense, this issue aims to highlight new insights into the preservation of male fertility, showing not only advances in sperm preservation, but also highlighting the possibilities related to the conservation of gonadal tissues, both in domestic and wild animals.
Prof. Dr. Alexandre Rodrigues Silva
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- semen
- epidydimal sperm
- testicular tissue
- spermatogonia
- biobank
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