1. Improvement of the Shami goat semen quality by adding bovine serum albumin
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O.I. Azawi and O.J. Salman
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Improvement ,Shami goat ,semen ,Quality ,Improvement of the Shami goat semen quality by adding bovine serum albumin ,Veterinary medicine ,SF600-1100 - Abstract
The present study was aimed to improve the quality of Shami goat semen diluted with Tris diluent by adding bovine serum albumin. In the current study, six male goats were used. Semen was collected using artificial vagina of one ejaculate per week of every male included in this study. This study was performed during the breeding season from 1 \ 10 \ 2012 to 1 \ 12 \ 2012. In this study, two semen diluents were use first; Tris- fructose- egg yolk 2.5% and second Tris - fructose - 2.5% egg yolk with 1% of bovine serum albumin. Diluted semen samples were cooled gradually and stored at 5 ° C. Cooled diluted semen samples were examined every 24 h of storage to 144 h. These tests includes the proportion of live sperm and the percentage of secondary abnormalities of the sperm, the percentage of sperm acrosomal defects and percentage of progressive motility using a computer-aided sperm analysis. These results showed that the addition of bovine serum albumin with egg yolk to semen of male goats led to improved qualities of semen significantly (P
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- 2014