Semen cryopreservation in golden‐headed lion tamarin,Leontopithecus chrysomelas |
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Authors: | Paloma Rocha Arakaki Paula Andrea Borges Salgado Joo Diego de Agostini Losano Dbora Rodrigues Gonalves Rodrigo del Rio do Valle Ricardo Jos Garcia Pereira Marcilio Nichi |
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Affiliation: | Paloma Rocha Arakaki,Paula Andrea Borges Salgado,João Diego de Agostini Losano,Débora Rodrigues Gonçalves,Rodrigo del Rio do Valle,Ricardo José Garcia Pereira,Marcilio Nichi |
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Abstract: | Wild animal genetic resource banking (GRB) represents a valuable tool in conservation breeding programs, particularly in cases involving endangered species such as the golden‐headed lion tamarin (Leontopithecus chrysomelas). Thus, we aimed to assess a sperm freezing protocol for golden‐headed lion tamarins using two different exenders: BotuBOV® (BB) and Test Yolk Buffer® (TYB). Ejaculates were collected by penile vibrostimulation from animals housed at São Paulo Zoological Park Foundation, São Paulo, Brazil, and after immediate analysis, two aliquots were diluted in BB and TYB. Postthawing samples were evaluated for total and progressive motility, plasma membrane and acrosome integrities, mitochondrial activity, susceptibility to oxidative stress, and sperm–egg‐binding. No differences between BB and TYB were found for most seminal parameters, except for acrosome integrity and susceptibility to oxidative stress (in both cases BB showed higher values). However, in spite of these differences and regardless of the extender used, postthaw sperm motility and viability with the described protocol were encouraging (on average >50% and >80%, respectively), indicating that sperm cryopreservation may be a short‐term measure for the conservation of golden‐headed lion tamarins. |
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Keywords: | assisted reproductive technology Callitrichidae neotropical primates semen extenders sperm freezing |
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