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SUBMITTER: Tassis PD
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7472223 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Tassis Panagiotis D PD Tsakmakidis Ioannis A IA Nagl Veronika V Reisinger Nicole N Tzika Eleni E Gruber-Dorninger Christiane C Michos Ilias I Mittas Nikolaos N Basioura Athina A Schatzmayr Dian D
Toxins 20200801 8
Mycotoxins deoxynivalenol (DON) and zearalenone (ZEN) can negatively affect pig health. However, little is known about their effects on boar semen. We assessed the individual and combined effects of DON and ZEN on boar semen in vitro. In a pretrial, we determined the minimum dose (MiD) of each mycotoxin that induces a significant alteration of sperm progressive motility, as investigated using computer-assisted semen analysis (CASA). In the main trial, the individual and combined effects of each ...[more]