Raúl Sánchez Sánchez

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Animal Reproduction Dept. – INIA. Spain
raulss@inia.es

Raúl Sánchez Sánchez is a Veterinarian, he was a professor at the Facultad de Veterinaria de Madrid (1987-1989). His professional life has been at the Departamento de Reproducción Animal del Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Agrarias (INIA), where he has been a trainee, fellow, contracted lecturer and researcher. He currently holds the position of Director of Animal Reproduction. He has taken part in 35 research projects related to swine reproduction, some of these projects have involved technology transfer to diverse businesses. He has done a great deal of work for journals and communications, and he has often given speeches at conferences. He has participated in the design and continuation of swine artificial insemination centres in Spain and Latin America. He has also participated in the following areas of work:

- Improvement of the technique of artificial insemination of swine. Factors of seminal manipulation in the laboratory which determine seminal viability. Application of contrastation techniques to predict the fertility of the seminal doses. Preservation by refrigeration and cryopreservation (design of solvent, dialysis, microencapsulation). Additives to the seminal doses to improve the results.

- Obtaining of embryos “in vivo” and “in vitro”. The work developed with embryos has been directed towards the valuation of means of cultivation to improve the development of blastocysts. Studies carried out on early embryonic mortality. Cryopreservation by vitrification.

- Determination of parameters that determinate animal welfare and its relation with reproduction.

- Identification of hypoprolific reproducers by alterations in the karyotype.

- Creation, management and maintainence of a germoplasm bank of the swine specie, of animals in danger of extinction, or of genetic interest.

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