Sperm Sexing and its Role in Livestock Production

Dr. Vinod Kumar Yata is an interdisciplinary researcher working at National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal, India. Previously, he worked as an Assistant Professor at the Department of Biotechnology, Dr. B R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology Jalandhar, Punjab, India. He has received his Ph.D. in Biotechnology from the Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati. His research interests are focused on interdisciplinary areas of nanotechnology, microfluidics, animal biotechnology, cancer biology, and bioinformatics. He has developed a microfluidic device for the separation of live and motile spermatozoa from cattle semen samples. He has published several research papers in peer reviewed international journals and edited three books. ​

Chapter 1_Introduction to sperm sexing.- Chapter 2_Semen and sperm characteristics of farm animals.- Chapter 3_Conventional methods of sperm sexing.- Chapter 4_ Sperm sexing using flow cytometry: Principles and applications.- Chapter 5_Recent advances and challenges in the development of novel sperm sexing methods.- Chapter 6_Semen extenders for preservation of sorted semen.- Chapter 7_Commercial and ethical aspects of sperm sexing.