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Microcapsules containing seminal material for artificial insemination in pigs

  • UBALDO CONTE (Inventor)
  • , MARIA LUISA TORRE (Inventor)
  • , Giunchedi Paolo (Inventor)
  • , LAURETTA MAGGI (Inventor)
  • , Vigo Daniele (Inventor)
  • , Maffeo Giovanni (Inventor)
  • , Russo Vincenzo (Inventor)

Research output: Patent

Abstract

With the aim of protecting pig seminal material which may be used for artificial insemination from degradation, herein described are microcapsules containing: a) a liquid nucleus containing a suspension of pig seminal material and a biodegradable and/or biocompatible polymer; b) a film consisting of an alginate of a bivalent or trivalent metal, possibly cross-linked. These microcapsules containing the spermatozoa make it possible to obtain a prolonged and controlled release of seminal material and in addition a protection of the material from degradation, thus enabling a simplification in the procedures of artificial insemination and an increase in pig fertility
Original languageEnglish
Patent numberEP0922451B1
Publication statusPublished - 1999

Keywords

  • INSEMINATION PIGS
  • MICROCAPSULES
  • SEMINAL MATERIAL

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