Veterinary Sciences (Oct 2022)

Effect of Procyanidin on Canine Sperm Quality during Chilled Storage

  • Xiaogang Huang,
  • Zhihong Zhao,
  • Ronggen Wang,
  • Ying Ma,
  • Yonghui Bu,
  • Minhua Hu,
  • Shouquan Zhang

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/vetsci9110588
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 11
p. 588

Abstract

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Procyanidin (PC) is a polyphenolic compound with antioxidant activity. The purpose of this study was to determine the influence of PC on canine sperm quality after 72 h of storage at 4 °C. The collected ejaculates were separated into four equal aliquots and treated with various concentrations of PC (0, 10, 30, and 50 μg/mL) in Tris-citric-fructose-egg yolk (TCFE) extender and stored at 4 °C for 72 h. The findings revealed that 30 μg/mL PC was the optimum concentration for significantly improving sperm motility (p p p < 0.05). In summary, this study discovered that adding PC to the TCFE extender enhanced sperm quality and that 30 μg/mL PC was the optimal concentration for canine sperm when stored at 4 °C.

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