title: Sex-Sorted Boar Sperm - An Update on Related Production Methods.
abstract: As in other mammals, sex sorting of pig sperm is based on quantitative flow cytometry. A major disadvantage of the technique is the relatively low efficiency to produce enough sorted sperm for artificial insemination. However, several approaches are on the way to make sexed pig sperm available for commercial application. In this context, for example, the growing field of nanotechnology may significantly contribute to these developments, as it provides highly efficient bio-nanoprobes, for example, based on plasmonic nanoparticles. Independent of the method, further development requires enormous investments and set-up of logistics to get the technology into the practical pig market. Only global players will be able to establish the necessary research projects, but in the end, a significant shift of sex ratios will be available for pig producers as it is already the case for the dairy industry.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Farm Animal Genetics, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Neustadt-Mariensee, Germany.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Rath
authors.affiliation: Institute of Farm Animal Genetics, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Neustadt-Mariensee, Germany.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Tiedemann
authors.affiliation: Institute for Technical Chemistry I UDE, Essen, Germany.|CENIDE, Essen, Germany.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Gamrad
authors.affiliation: Mt Airy, MD, USA.
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.affiliation: Institute of Farm Animal Genetics, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Neustadt-Mariensee, Germany.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Klein
authors.affiliation: Institute of Farm Animal Genetics, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Neustadt-Mariensee, Germany.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Kues
authors.affiliation: Institute of Farm Animal Genetics, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Neustadt-Mariensee, Germany.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mancini
authors.affiliation: Institute for Technical Chemistry I UDE, Essen, Germany.|CENIDE, Essen, Germany.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Rehbock
authors.affiliation: Institute of Farm Animal Genetics, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Neustadt-Mariensee, Germany.
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Taylor
authors.affiliation: Institute for Technical Chemistry I UDE, Essen, Germany.|CENIDE, Essen, Germany.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Barcikowski
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002469:Cell Separation / Q000379:methods / Q000662:veterinary*; D005307:Fertilization in Vitro / Q000379:methods / Q000662:veterinary; D005434:Flow Cytometry / Q000662:veterinary; D007315:Insemination, Artificial / Q000379:methods / Q000662:veterinary; D008297:Male; D053758:Nanoparticles; D036103:Nanotechnology; D012743:Sex Preselection / Q000379:methods / Q000662:veterinary*; D013076:Sperm Count; D013094:Spermatozoa / Q000166:cytology*; D013552:Swine; D013997:Time Factors