A5079057355- Reproductive biology and impacts on aquatic species
- Gut microbiota and health
- Insect Utilization and Effects
- Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts
- Amphibian and Reptile Biology
- Animal Behavior and Reproduction
- Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
- Sperm and Testicular Function
- Reproductive Biology and Fertility
- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
- Fish Ecology and Management Studies
University of Wollongong
2022-2025
Reproductive technologies, including sperm cryopreservation, offer conservationists enhanced capacity to genetically manage populations and improve the outcomes of conservation breeding programs (CBPs). Despite this potential, post-thaw quality amphibian is highly variable following research focused on protocol refinement needed. The aim study was twofold: (1) investigate effect addition bovine serum albumin (BSA) cryopreservation medium (pre-freeze), (2) caffeine activation (post-thaw),...
Abstract Evolutionary theory predicts that selection will favor phenotypic plasticity in sperm traits maximize fertilization success dynamic environments. In species with external fertilization, osmolality of the medium is known to play a critical role activating motility, but evidence for osmotic‐induced limited euryhaline fish and marine invertebrates. Whether this capacity extends freshwater taxa remains unknown. Here, we provide first test sperm‐motility activation response osmotic...
Reproductive technologies are increasingly being adopted to improve the conservation management of threatened species. The storage and transport sperm is a vital aspect practical implementation reproductive technologies, however, bacterial contamination during samples presents biosecurity risk can contribute reduction in longevity storage. present study: 1) characterised urinary microbiome (bacterial species composition abundance) using culture-independent 16S rRNA sequencing; 2) quantified...