Advances in Animal Sperm Conservation Techniques for Better Fertility—2nd Edition
A special issue of Veterinary Sciences (ISSN 2306-7381). This special issue belongs to the section "Veterinary Reproduction and Obstetrics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 July 2025 | Viewed by 1361
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Interests: local poultry breeds; poultry semen cryopreservation; poultry reproduction
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Sperm conservation is one of the most important biotechnologies for the advancement of assisted reproduction in domestic and wild animals. Sperm conservation is essential for the breeding management of endangered breeds or species, for genetic improvement in livestock breeding, to prevent the loss of animal genetic variability and to solve infertility problems in high-quality individuals.
Despite the large amount of progress that has been made in this field, the cellular mechanisms involved in sperm conservation have not yet been entirely explained. In particular, the fertility values recorded with the use of frozen/thawed sperm are still low in different animal species. New knowledge and investigations to improve the quality and fertilizing ability of stored semen in various species are, therefore, essential.
We are pleased to invite you to contribute to this Special Issue, which aims to publish original research articles or reviews on “Advances in Animal Sperm Conservation Techniques for Better Fertility”.
We invite researchers to contribute their recent studies, focusing principally, but not exhaustively, on the following topics:
- Semen extenders;
- Recent discoveries on the use of new cellular cryoprotectants;
- Novel cryopreservation procedures;
- Predictive markers for sperm fertility;
Technologies for the assessment of sperm integrity and functions.
Prof. Dr. Silvia Cerolini
Dr. Vera Perricone
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- spermatozoa
- fertility
- sperm conservation
- cryoprotectant
- semen extender
- semen evaluation
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