… the hypoosmotic swelling test (HOST) to boar spermatozoa and to compare this method
with other tests which evaluate the integrity of the sperm membrane. The spermatozoa were …

This study was designed to explore the relationship between the ejaculate response to a
hypoosmotic swelling test (HOST) and in vivo fertility in a group of 38 boars. The hypoosmotic …

… relationship between response to the short hypoosmotic swelling test (sHOST) and acrosome
resistance in boar spermatozoa. Ejaculates from 22 boars were incubated in a water bath …

… Using a hypoosmotic solution with different osmolarity 100 mOsm/kg, significantly strong, …
of diluted boar sperm. Key words: boar, semen, hypoosmotic test, eosine/nigrosine staining …

… presented here indicate that the plasma membrane of boar spermatozoa becomes less
tolerant to hyposmotic conditions as temperature decreases. A number of studies have been con…

… of variation in boar spermatozoa fertility following cryopreservation. Cryobiology 39: 355 …
Hypoosmotic swelling of boar spermatozoa compared to other methods for analysing the sperm …

… fertilization of homologous oocytes, zona binding ability and resistance of spermatozoa to
osmotic changes of media (hypoosmotic swelling and osmotic resistance tests) (Collins et al., …

… hypoosmotic swelling (HOS) test was only empirically applied using distilled water as a
hypoosmotic … identifiable swollen cells in order to validate the HOS test for the sperm membrane …

… Hypoosmotic solutions made from 2 sugar (sucrose and fructose) and Na-citrate that were
… were tested for their ability to induce swelling of the boar spermatozoa in this study. HOST …

… Solid curve shows the logistic model of the percentage of live sperm after hypo-osmotic
stress (nZ12 boars). Critical osmolality (Osmcrit) was defined as the osmolality at which 50% of …