Conference Proceedings
Varnes, H. L., Cooke, R. J. and Coop, T. (2015). The effect of low-level laser therapy on the linear motility of chilled boar semen. Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Science. University of Chester 14 –15 April 2015.
Coop, T. and Mills, A. (2011). Can industry standard semen analysis methods be relied upon? International Network for Young Researchers in Male Fertility. Edinburgh 29 September 2011.
Coop, T. and Mills, A. (2011). A comparison between the industry standard method of semen analysis and the use of SpermVision™ for the evaluation of the measurable parameters of chilled stallion spermatozoa. Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Science. University of Nottingham 4 –6 April 2011.
Poster Presentations
Research Videos
Equine semen under the microscope using the computer assisted semen analysis software SpermVison (Minitube). These are one second clips (30 frams/sec) played repeatedly and the lines you see are the spermatozoa being tracked. Each colour tells me something different. The software will tell me how fast cells move, if they "swim" straight or on a curved path, if they wobble as they move and even the distance they travel in the second that is captured on film.