Development of a sperm cryopreservation protocol for the Argentine black and white tegu (Tupinambis merianae)

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• 作者：Carly Young^a ; ^{cyoung@sandiegozoo.org" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author} ; Nicole Ravida^a ; Michelle Curtis^a ; ^b ; Frank Mazzotti^b ; Barbara Durrant^b ; ^{bdurrant@sandiegozoo.org" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author}
• 关键词：Lizard ; Semen ; Freezing ; Reptile ; Endangered species
• 刊名：Theriogenology
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：1 January 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：87
• 期：Complete
• 页码：55-63
• 全文大小：416 K

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Of the 934 lizard species evaluated by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), at least one-third is threatened with extinction. However, there are no reports of semen cryopreservation efforts for lizards. Invasive Argentine black and white tegus were captured in the Florida Everglades, and sperm was collected postmortem. Initial motility score (IMS; % motile × speed of progression² × 100), plasma membrane integrity (IPL), and acrosome integrity (IAC) were recorded. Sperm was diluted in TEST-yolk buffer with a final glycerol or dimethylsulfoxide (DMSO)concentration of 8%, 12%, or 16%, and frozen at 0.3 °C, 1.0 °C, or 6.3 °C/min. At thaw, all variables were expressed as the percentage of initial (%IMS, %IPL, and %IAC). The 0.3 °C freeze rate was more successful than 1.0 °C and 6.3 °C/min in preserving %IMS and %IPL. DMSO preserved %IMS, %IPL, and %IAC better than glycerol. To determine the best overall cryopreservation protocol, a sperm quality index was calculated, giving equal weight to each of the three indicators of cryosurvival. Because there were significant interactions between freeze rate and cryoprotectant concentration, each treatment was compared with all others. The sperm quality index analysis revealed that tegu sperm frozen at 0.3 °C/min with 12% DMSO exhibited the highest postthaw viability compared with all other treatments.