Prediction of a boar's fertility level has great economic importance for sow herds. After standard sperm morphology and motility metrics are met, approximately 25% of boars have less than 80% conception rates. Due in part to the many factors involved in the fertilization process, a multifactorial model incorporating multiple relevant sperm physiology factors will likely lead to increased understanding of boar fertility. Here we review the current literature on boar sperm capacitation as a predictor of boar fertility. While limited, several studies have provided correlations between the percentage of sperm in an ejaculate that are capable of undergoing sperm capacitation in a chemically defined media and artificial insemination field fertility as well as proteome and other methods. Work summarized here underscores the need for further understanding of boar fertility.

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精子获能作为公猪繁殖能力的预测指标

公猪生育能力的预测对于母猪群具有重要的经济意义。在满足标准精子形态和活力指标后，大约 25% 的公猪受孕率低于 80%。部分由于受精过程涉及许多因素，包含多个相关精子生理学因素的多因素模型可能会增加对公猪生育力的了解。在这里，我们回顾了有关公猪精子获能作为公猪生育力预测因子的最新文献。虽然有限，但一些研究已经提供了射精中能够在化学成分确定的培养基中进行精子获能的精子百分比与人工授精现场生育力以及蛋白质组和其他方法之间的相关性。这里总结的工作强调了进一步了解公猪繁殖力的必要性。