Sean Fair

Best Publications

• Influence of bull age, ejaculate number, and season of collection on semen production and sperm motility parameters in Holstein Friesian bulls in a commercial artificial insemination centre.

  Edel M. Murphy;Alan K. Kelly;Ciara O'Meara;Bernard Eivers

  118
  Citations

• In vitro assessment of sperm from bulls of high and low field fertility.

  A. Al Naib;J.P. Hanrahan;P. Lonergan;S. Fair

  95
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• Differences between Belclare and Suffolk ewes in fertilization rate, embryo quality and accessory sperm number after cervical or laparoscopic artificial insemination

  S. Fair;J.P. Hanrahan;C.M. O’Meara;P. Duffy

  89
  Citations

• The effect of dietary n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids supplementation of rams on semen quality and subsequent quality of liquid stored semen

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  75
  Citations

• Relationship between in vitro sperm functional tests and in vivo fertility of rams following cervical artificial insemination of ewes with frozen-thawed semen

  C.M. O’ Meara;J.P. Hanrahan;N.S. Prathalingam;J.S. Owen

  65
  Citations

• Cauda Epididymis-Specific Beta-Defensin 126 Promotes Sperm Motility but Not Fertilizing Ability in Cattle.

  Beatriz Fernandez-Fuertes;Fernando Narciandi;Cliona O'Farrelly;Alan K. Kelly

  64
  Citations

• Relationship between in vitro fertilisation of ewe oocytes and the fertility of ewes following cervical artificial insemination with frozen-thawed ram semen

  C.M. O’Meara;J.P. Hanrahan;A. Donovan;S. Fair

  56
  Citations

• Review: Understanding the causes of variation in reproductive wastage among bulls

  Seán Fair;Patrick Lonergan

  52
  Citations

• Reducing sperm concentration is critical to limiting the oxidative stress challenge in liquid bull semen.

  C. Murphy;A.G. Fahey;A. Shafat;S. Fair

  45
  Citations

• The effect of the in vitro supplementation of exogenous long-chain fatty acids on bovine sperm cell function

  M Kiernan;A.G Fahey;Seán Fair

  45
  Citations

• Relationship between in vitro sperm functional assessments, seminal plasma composition, and field fertility after AI with either non-sorted or sex-sorted bull semen

  S.A. Holden;B. Fernandez-Fuertes;C. Murphy;H. Whelan

  42
  Citations

• Plane of nutrition before and after 6 months of age in Holstein-Friesian bulls: I. Effects on performance, body composition, age at puberty, and postpubertal semen production.

  C.J. Byrne;C.J. Byrne;S. Fair;A.M. English;A.M. English;M. Cirot

  40
  Citations

• Comprehensive functional analysis reveals that acrosome integrity and viability are key variables distinguishing artificial insemination bulls of varying fertility

  Naomi C. Bernecic;Eimear Donnellan;Elena O'Callaghan;Kasia Kupisiewicz

  40
  Citations

• Comparison of plant- and egg yolk-based semen diluents on in vitro sperm kinematics and in vivo fertility of frozen-thawed bull semen.

  Edel M. Murphy;Ciara M. O'Meara;Bernard Eivers;Patrick Lonergan

  39
  Citations

• Resuspending ram spermatozoa in seminal plasma after cryopreservation does not improve pregnancy rate in cervically inseminated ewes

  C.M. O’Meara;A. Donovan;J.P. Hanrahan;P. Duffy

  37
  Citations

• A comparison of semen diluents on the in vitro and in vivo fertility of liquid bull semen.

  Edel M. Murphy;Craig Murphy;Ciara M. O'Meara;Gemma Dunne

  36
  Citations

• Effect of breed, plane of nutrition and age on growth, scrotal development, metabolite concentrations and on systemic gonadotropin and testosterone concentrations following a GnRH challenge in young dairy bulls.

  C.J. Byrne;S. Fair;A.M. English;C. Urh

  34
  Citations

• Recombinant β-defensin 126 promotes bull sperm binding to bovine oviductal epithelia.

  A. Lyons;F. Narciandi;E. Donnellan;J. Romero-Aguirregomezcorta

  31
  Citations

• Sperm-Coating Beta-Defensin 126 Is a Dissociation-Resistant Dimer Produced by Epididymal Epithelium in the Bovine Reproductive Tract.

  Fernando Narciandi;Beatriz Fernandez-Fuertes;Ilaina Khairulzaman;Hanne Jahns

  31
  Citations

• A dual targeted β-defensin and exome sequencing approach to identify, validate and functionally characterise genes associated with bull fertility

  Ronan Whiston;Emma K. Finlay;Matthew S. McCabe;Paul Cormican

  26
  Citations