Current and ongoing research projects

  1. Gamete preservation
  • Effects of cold storage prior to freezing on glutathione peroxidase and superoxide dismutase activities, reactive oxygen species and sperm quality in dogs
  • Chilling of dog semen in lyophilized tris egg-yolk extender
  • Cryopreservation of testicular tissue in wild animals post-mortem
  • Extracellular ATP uptake and its effect on epididymal cat sperm freezing
  • In vitro growth of pre-antral follicle in domestic and wild cats
  • Management of gamete rescue in wild animals post-mortem
  • Comparison of cat ovarian tissue freezing using a passive cooling container and vitrification

 

  1. Clinical oriented research and application
  • Canine transmissible venereal tumor with special reference to multidrug resistant associated gene and protein expression during vincristine sulfate administration
  • Innovations to examine and diagnose prostatic disorders in clinical practice by using a test kit to detect the canine prostatic specific arginine esterase protein in the serum and by using the magnetic resonance imaging
  • Short- and long-term effects of intraprostatic injection with botulinum toxin type A in dogs
  1. Induction and control of estrous cycle
    • Effects of recombinant human follicle stimulating hormone (rhFSH) on ovarian follicular response and estrus induction in domestic cats
    • Reproductive performances of dogs and cats following the implantations of GnRH agonist, deslorelin at early prepubertal ages

 

  1. Reproductive anatomy and physiology
    • Expression of prostaglandin E2 receptors (EP2 and EP4) and extracellular matrix in the cervix of cyclic bitches and bitches with pyometra
    • Sperm quality in relation with expression of prostaglandin F2 alpha in male cat reproductive tract; epididymis, vas deferens and testis.
    • Oxytocin receptor expression in the canine reproductive tract