Ribas-Maynou, Jordi
Martínez-Díaz, Pablo
Drago, Judit
Parra, Ana
Lucas, Xiomara
Yeste, Marc
Roca, Jordi
Barranco, Isabel
Funding for this research was provided by:
Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (CNS2024-154471)
Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (PID2023-149853OB-I00)
Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (PID2024-159343OB-I00)
Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (PID2022-137738NA-I00)
Fundación Séneca (21935/PI/22)
Fundación Séneca (FSRM/10.13039/100007801(23014/GERM/25))
Article History
Received: 30 April 2026
Accepted: 18 June 2026
First Online: 26 June 2026
Declarations
Ethics approval and consent to participate: The experiments were approved under research codes CBE 538/2023 and CBE 668/2025 by the Bioethics Committee of the University of Murcia at its meetings on June 16, 2023 and November 1, 2025, respectively. Commercial semen samples were obtained from AI León (AIM Ibérica, Topigs Norsvin Spain S.L.U., Madrid, Spain), an AI center that complies with the European (ES13RS04P, July 2012) and Spanish (ES300130640127, August 2006) regulations for the commercialization of AI semen doses, as well as with the European regulation concerning animal health and welfare.
Consent for publication: Not applicable.
Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.