Exploring altered bovine sperm trajectories by sperm tracking in unconfined conditions.

ABSTRACT: Mammalian sperm motility is getting more relevant due to rising infertility rates worldwide, generating the need to improve conventional analysis and diagnostic approaches. Nowadays, computer assisted sperm analysis (CASA) technologies represent a popular alternative to manual examination which is generally performed by observing sperm motility in very confined geometries. However, under physiological conditions, sperm describe three-dimensional motility patterns which are not well reconstructed by the limited depth of standard acquisition chambers. Therefore, affordable and more versatile alternatives are needed. Here, a motility analysis in unconfined conditions is proposed. In details, the analysis is characterized by a significant longer duration -with respect to conventional systems-

SUBMITTER: Canonico LF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11019440 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature