Morfologia espermática de touros: interpretação e impacto na fertilidade

Although in recent decades it has been developed various laboratory techniques that increased the possibility of a more detailed analysis of the structural integrity of sperm, the study and application of changes in the sperm morphology (sperm pathology) continue to be essential components for the semen examination, it gives an estimative of the percentage of normal sperm or structural integrity, as well as the distribution of different morphological defects. This work presents, among others, aspects of techniques used for the assessment and classification of sperm morphology. Moreover, regarding the sperm morphology, the origin, interpretation and impact on fertility were discussed. Finally, some patterns used for assessing the potential fertility of cryopreserved bovine semen (conventional and sexed) are presented.