Thanks to our great partners from the Nantes-Atlantic College of Veterinary Medicine (France), EVOLUTION and the Autonomous University of Barcelona (Spain), we are glad to announce our new publication in Veterinary Sciences Journal !

This paper evaluate the relationships between the sperm proAKAP4 levels measured by ELISA (Bull 4MID Kit), the conventional semen analysis, and fertility indicators (non-return rate at 90 days) in post-thawed conditions using commercially available straws.

Sperm protein proAKAP4 concentration can be used as a marker of post-thawed semen quality and of fertility in bulls. The

proAKAP4 concentrations were shown to correlate with progressive motility and to be associated with sperm motion variables and the 90-day non-return rates following cow artificial insemination.

The authors then stated that high concentrations of ProAKAP4 are then indicative of a good sperm quality and are a predictive parameter of male fertility as previously shown in other mammals.

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Dordas-Perpinyà M, Sergeant N, Ruelle I, Bruyas JF, Charreaux C, Michaud S, Carracedo S, Catalán J, Miró J, Delehedde M and Briand-Amirat L (2022) ProAKAP4 semen concentrations as a valuable marker protein of post-thawed semen quality and bull fertility: a retrospective study. Veterinary Sciences. Vol. 9 :224. https://doi.org/10.3390/vetsci9050224