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bp0019cpr3 | Gametes and Embryos | CPR2013

Boar seminal plasma proteins and their relevance to reproductive technologies

W.L. Flowers1, K.R. Stewart1, T. Gall2, S. Novak3, M.K. Dyck3 , and R.N. Kirkwood4 , Nagase H , Woolley DE

Seminal plasma proteins participate in a number of events important for fertilization and the establishment of pregnancy. As a result, attempts have been made to use them to enhance reproductive performance associated with several swine reproductive technologies. Inclusion of seminal plasma into cryopreservation and sex-sorting protocols improved sperm viability and membrane integrity and suppressed capacitation-like changes which are considered to be major challenges as...