title: Artificial insemination with frozen epididymal sperm in cats.
abstract: Artificial insemination with frozen cauda epididymal sperm was performed in cats. Sperm were transmigrated from the epididymides in 10 male cats. The mean sperm motility and viability were 67% and 82.5%, respectively, and 11.6 x 10(7) sperm were recovered. The mean sperm motility after thawing was 24.0%. Eleven female cats received unilateral intrauterine insemination of 5 x 10(7) sperm, and the conception rate was 27.3% (3/11). This was the first case of conception obtained with frozen epididymal sperm in cats.
authors.affiliation: Department of Reproduction, Nippon Veterinary and Animal Science University, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Toshihiko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tsutsui
authors.forename: Miho
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wada
authors.forename: Mizuho
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Anzai
authors.forename: Tatsuya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hori
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002415:Cats; D002470:Cell Survival; D004822:Epididymis / Q000166:cytology*; D005260:Female; D005298:Fertility; D005306:Fertilization; D005615:Freezing; D007315:Insemination, Artificial / Q000662:veterinary*; D008297:Male; D011247:Pregnancy; D012662:Semen Preservation / Q000379:methods*; D013081:Sperm Motility; D013094:Spermatozoa / Q000166:cytology / Q000502:physiology*