Laura Abril-Parreño,^1,2 Jack Morgan,³ Anette Krogenæs,⁴ Xavier Druart,⁵ Paul Cormican,² Mary E. Gallagher,⁶ Colm Reid,⁶ Kieran Meade,⁷ Radka Saldova,^3,8,9 Sean Fair<sup>1,*

1</sup>Laboratory of Animal Reproduction, Department of Biological Sciences, School of Natural Sciences, Biomaterials Research Cluster, Bernal Institute, Faculty of Science and Engineering, University of Limerick, Limerick, V94 T9PX, Ireland
²Animal & Bioscience Research Department, Teagasc, Animal & Grassland Research and Innovation Centre, Grange, C15 PW93, Ireland
³NIBRT GlycoScience Group, The National Institute for Bioprocessing Research and Training, Blackrock, Dublin, A94 X099, Ireland
⁴Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Production Animal Clinical Sciences, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås 5003 1432, Norway
⁵UMR-PRC, INRA-85, Université de Tours, IFCE, Department of Physiologie de la Reproduction et des Comportements, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Nouzilly 37380, France
⁶UCD Veterinary Sciences Centre, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, D04 W6F6, Ireland
⁷UCD School of Agriculture and Food Science, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, D04 W6F6, Ireland
⁸UCD School of Medicine, College of Health and Agricultural Science, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, D07 A8NN, Ireland
⁹CÚRAM, SFI Research Centre for Medical Devices, National University of Ireland, Galway, H91 W2TY, Ireland

^*Correspondence: Laboratory of Animal Reproduction, School of Natural Sciences, Biomaterials Research Cluster, Bernal Institute, Faculty of Science and Engineering, University of Limerick, Limerick, V94 T9PX, Ireland. Tel: +35 361202548; E-mail: sean.fair@ul.ie