Recovery and Cryopreservation of Epididymal Sperm of Plains Bison ( Bison bison bison) as a Model for Salvaging the Genetics of Wood Bison ( Bison bison athabascae)

• Published in: Reproduction in Domestic Animals
• Main Authors: Aurini, LC, Whiteside, DP, Elkin, BT, Thundathil, JC
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2009
• Subjects: Slaughter; Bison bison athabascae; Wood Bison; Bison bison bison; Plains Bison
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0531.2008.01087.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1439-0531.2008.01087.x; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1439-0531.2008.01087.x

Contents The objective of this study was to optimize recovery and cryopreservation of epididymal sperm from plains bison, as a model for wood bison. In Phase 1, cauda epididymides were recovered from bison (n = 14) immediately after slaughter, minced and incubated in Sp‐TALPH buffer for 3 h at 36°C....