Update of the cooling protocol for antibiotic-free storage of boar semen at 5°C improves sperm quality and maintains low bacterial counts

• Anne-Marie Luther,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Unit for Reproductive Medicine/Clinic for Pigs and Small Ruminants, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Hannover, Germany

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5305-2355

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• Thu Quynh Nguyen,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation

  Affiliation Unit for Reproductive Medicine/Clinic for Pigs and Small Ruminants, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Hannover, Germany

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• Jutta Verspohl,

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institute for Microbiology, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Hannover, Germany

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• Dagmar Waberski

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: dagmar.waberski@tiho-hannover.de

  Affiliation Unit for Reproductive Medicine/Clinic for Pigs and Small Ruminants, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Hannover, Germany

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6616-2035

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