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After freeze-thawing, similar levels of sterol content were evidenced in control sperm cells and in those pre-incubated with either cholesterol or desmosterol. Still, moderately higher levels of sterols were registered in treated sperm compared to the control, indicating no physiological excess of sterols after thawing or sterol losses that exceed the control. Live cell imaging of fluorescent cholesterol evidenced the presence of sperm sub-populations differentially affected by freeze-thawing. Similar unimodal frequency profiles were observed between sterol-enriched groups, while the control exhibited a sub-population of sperm compatible with low sterol content. Tyrosine phosphorylation was significantly lower when ram sperm incorporated cholesterol compared to the control. No difference in this capacitation parameter was found between the latter and desmosterol-enriched sperm. The percentage of sperm with damaged acrosomes post-thawing, assessed by a fluorescent lectin, was reduced in sperm that incorporated sterols before freezing, irrespective of the sterol class. These results suggest that sterols exert a stabilizing effect on the acrosome. No differences were found in levels of apoptotic DNA fragmentation among experimental groups. As to fertility trials, desmosterol-enriched sperm gave rise to higher rates of <jats:italic>in vitro<\/jats:italic> activated oocytes by heterologous fertilization and to significantly lower pregnancy loss <jats:italic>in vivo<\/jats:italic>. 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