Retracted: Motility and oxidative–antioxidant capacity of Huso huso semen, stored at −80°C

• Published in: Reproduction in Domestic Animals
• Main Authors: Aramli, MS, Nazari, RM, Aramli, S, Nouri, HA
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2016
• Subjects: Endocrinology; Animal Science and Zoology; Biotechnology; Beluga; Beluga*
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/rda.12814; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Frda.12814; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/rda.12814

Contents In this study, motility and oxidative–antioxidant capacity (thiobarbituric acid‐reactive substance level [ TBARS ], superoxide dismutase [ SOD ], catalase [ CAT ] and glutathione reductase [ GR ]) of beluga sturgeon ( Huso huso ) sperm, stored for 6 days at −80°C, were evaluated. After 2 days of storage, sperm motility was significantly decreased (no motile sperm were observed after 6 days of storage; p < .05), while TBARS and SOD values were significantly increased ( p < .05). CAT and GR activities did not show significant changes among storage times ( p > .05). Furthermore, all investigated parameters showed a significant difference between semen stored at 4°C (control) and −80°C during in vitro storage ( p < .05). Data from this work can potentially be useful in sturgeon sperm cryobanking.