Title
Effect of photoperiod with sunlight at thermal stress and sperm parameters in guinea pigs
Date Issued
01 January 2021
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Quispe-Ccasa H.A.
Aguilar-Yoplac J.
Valdivia-Gallardo J.C.
Segura G.
Publisher(s)
Asian Network for Scientific Information
Abstract
Background and Objective: Photoperiod can regulate reproductive physiological processes in mammals, in which improvements in testosterone concentration, testicular volume and seminal quality have been reported. The aim was to evaluate the influence of photoperiod treatments on guinea pigs' spermatic parameters. Materials and Methods: Thirty guinea pigs, between males and females, were distributed in two rooms with the photoperiodic treatment of 10 hrs light and 14 hrs dark (PT1 with artificial photoperiod and PT2 photoperiod with sunlight by opening windows from 08:00-18:00) and one without any direct light stimulus (PT0) for 78 days. The temperature and humidity were recorded and the TH index was calculated for each room. The sperms were recovered in Tris base medium from the epididymis of 16 males to determine sperm concentration, motility, kinetic parameters, vitality, HOST, acrosomal integrity and DNA fragmentation. Results: Sperm values in PT1 and PT0 were similar but PT2 obtained values lower in sperm concentration, non-progressive motility, total motility, VCL, ALH, vitality, HOST+, acrosomal integrity, sperm with non-fragmented DNA and no pregnancies were reported (0/5). A 100% pregnancy was observed in PT0 (4/4) and 50% in PT1 (2/4). However, precocity was evidenced in PT1 compared to PT0. PT2 recorded higher peaks in temperature (33.8EC, THI 81, considered as thermal stress) compared to PT0 (32.65EC, THI 81.8) and PT1 (32.75EC, THI 81.6). Conclusion: An artificial photoperiod can improve sperm characteristics and reproductive precociousness of guinea pigs, unlike the photoperiod with sunlight, which generated low spermiogram values and absence of pregnancy due to thermal stress.
Start page
1297
End page
1308
Volume
24
Issue
12
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Biología reproductiva
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85120561842
PubMed ID
Source
Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences
ISSN of the container
10288880
Sponsor(s)
We want to thank CONCYTEC-PROCIENCIA in the framework of the call "Proyecto de Investigación Básica 2019-01" [Contract No. 357-2019-FONDECYT]; to the "Programa Doctoral en Ciencias para el Desarrollo Sustentable-FONDECYT-2018-FONDECYT" [Contract No. 003-2018 FONDECYT / BM], to the Institute of Livestock and Biotechnology (IGBI-UNTRM Amazonas); and the Halotech DNA science team for their technical support.
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