猪精子冷冻保存研究进展

doi:10.16174/j.issn.1673-4645.2025.01.004

摘要/Abstract

摘要： 精子冷冻保存技术是实现猪精子远距离运输及长时间储存的重要手段，对于充分发挥优良公猪的繁育潜力及保存优秀公猪种质资源具有重要意义。然而，冷冻及解冻过程会对猪精子的细胞结构、表观遗传及代谢等方面造成损伤，进而导致解冻后精子的受精能力大大降低，极大程度地限制猪精子冷冻保存技术的推广应用。众多研究表明，保护细胞结构、筛选抗冻相关基因及改进冻融程序是提高猪精子冷冻保存效率的有效手段。因此，本文重点对猪精子冻融损伤机制及相应保护措施加以综述，以期为今后开发高效的猪精子冷冻保存技术提供参考。

关键词: 生猪, 精子, 精液, 冷冻保存, 冷冻效率, 公猪, 种质资源

中图分类号: S828；S858

张航, 杨宇泽, Jesse Oluwaseun Ayantoye, 董建华, 潘红梅, 赵学明. 猪精子冷冻保存研究进展[J]. 中国猪业, 2025, 20(1): 35-46.

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