Table 1.

Fertilization Outcomes with Dried Sperm Organized by Species, Drying Method, and Storage Conditions, Including Temperature and Duration of Storage

Species	Method	Tstorage (°C)	Duration	% Blastocyst	Pregnancy outcome	Reference no.
Mouse	CD	4	18–24 Hours	64	11 Fetuses on day 15 from 85 embryos	10
		4	1 Month	63	3 Pups from 40 embryos (7.5%)	78
		4	1 Year	30.4	2 Pups from 38 embryos (5%)	81
		22	3 Months	12.2	2 Pups from 59 embryos (3%)
		4	2 Years	41.4		82
		22	2 Years		3 Pups from 51 embryos (6%)
	FD	4			9 Pups from 32 embryos (21%)	85
		25			16 Pups from 86 embryos (19%)
		4	6 Months	13		40
		4	6 Months	50		79
		4	5 Months		9 Pups from 43 embryos (21%)	80
		4	1 Year		22 Fetuses on day 15 from 60 embryos	83
		4	1.5 Years		15 Pups from 72 embryos (21%)
		4	3 Years		17 Pups from 92 embryos (47%)	84
Rat	FD	4	1 Year		7 Pups from 102 embryos (7%)	86
		4	1 Year		3 Pups from 19 embryos (16%)	88
		4	5 Years		10 Pups from 92 embryos (11%)	89
Cat	FD	4	<72 Hours	27.9		90
Rabbit		4	12–24 Months	24	1 Dead kit from 230 embryos (0.4%)	91
Horse		4	3.5 Months		5 Pregnancies from 7 embryos, 2 foals from 3 gestations	92
Bull		4	1–3 Months	29.6		93
	CD + heat	4	1 Month	14		94
		25	7–10 Days	5
Pig	FD	4	1 Month	10.7		95
Monkey		25	1–2 Months	25		96

CD, convective drying; FD, freeze-drying.