Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) Spermatozoa: Collection, Cryopreservation, and Heterologous In Vitro FertilizationMaría Jesús Sánchez-Calabuig 1,2, Francisco Alberto García-Vázquez 3, Ricardo Laguna-Barraza 1, Carlos Barros-García 4, Daniel García-Parraga 5, Dimitrios Rizos 1, Alfonso Gutiérrez Adan 1, José Félix Pérez-Gutíerrez 2
1Department of Animal Reproduction, Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria (INIA), 2Department of Animal Medicine and Surgery, School of Veterinary Medicine, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 3Department of Physiology, Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Murcia, Campus Mare Nostrum, 4Mundomar, Benidorm, 5Veterinary Services, L'Oceanográfic, Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias, Junta de Murs i Vals, s/n, 46013
Here, we present protocols that have been successfully used for dolphin spermatozoa collection, cryopreservation, and heterologous IVF performance using bovine oocytes.
