New book chapter published

A chapter was published with the authorship of Ákos and Dr. Béla Urbányi in the book entitled Reproduction in Aquatic Animals: From Basic Biology to Aquaculture Technology edited by Dr. Manabu Yoshida and Dr. Juan F. Asturiano and published by Springer. The book is the final result of the activities of the COST Action FA1205 AQUAGAMETE as well as the International Symposium on “AQUAGAMETE: Reproduction of Aquatic Animals” held in the Joint Meeting of the 22nd International Congress of Zoology and the 87th meeting of the Zoological Society of Japan, which was held from 14th to 19th November 2016 in Okinawa, Japan. The authors wish to thank Dr. Yoshida and Dr. Asturiano for taking care of the book and making it happen. Enjoy!

Horváth Á., Urbányi B. (2020) Chapter 15 Sperm Cryopreservation of Aquatic Species. In: Yoshida M., Asturiano J. (eds) Reproduction in Aquatic Animals. Springer, Singapore, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-2290-1_16

Cryopreservation of fish sperm is feasible, and methods have been developed for several hundred species. The procedure includes the collection of sperm and assessment of its quality, dilution in suitable extenders, addition of cryoprotectants, loading into freezing devices, cooling, storage, thawing, and finally post-thaw use of sperm. An alternative to traditional freezing methods is the vitrification of sperm which is promising primarily in smaller model fish species. A wide variety of protocols are available in the literature; however, in spite of the significant progress made by the scientific community, commercial application of fish sperm cryopreservation is still very limited.