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bp0008rdr35 | Applied Reproductive Technology: Up-date | REDR2014

Biological and practical lessons associated with the use of sexed semen

de Graaf Simon P , Leahy Tamara , Vishwanath Ramakrishnan

Summary. Numerous biological and practical lessons associated with the use of sexed semen have been learnt in the 15 years since it was released onto the commercial market. Over this time, concerns regarding the safety of sex-sorted spermatozoa have been largely allayed through the birth of several million pre-sexed calves, but the major issue that remains is that of reduced fertility. Numerous studies have demonstrated that the process of flow cytometric sort...