Title
Effect of three extenders in the preservation of alpaca semen
Date Issued
01 January 2006
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Fernando Raymundo T.
Wilfredo Huanca L.
Sandra Huerta O.
Publisher(s)
Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
Abstract
The present work was carried out at the Experimental Research Station QuimsachataINIA, Puno. The objective was to evaluate the efficiency of three semen extenders in alpaca semen: Tris-glucose, Tris-fructose and a piǵs commercial extender. Twelve animals were selected for semen collection using the artificial vagina. Males were trained for a month. Mean values for semen parameters were: volume of 2.7 ± 0.8 ml, viscosityof 1. 04 ± 0.3, motilityof54.0 ± 8.0%, pH towards toalkaline, concentration of 248,000 sperms/ml, and the most common color was milky white. The average time for the copula was 26.5 ± 3.8 minutes. Semen was diluted in 1:2 and the dilutions were evaluated on individual motility as the only parameter for sperm viability. The extender Tris-glucose had an average of 5.8 ± 1.1 hours viability, Tris-fructose had 6.1 ± 2.5 hours, and the commercial extender had 5.5 ± 1.0 hours, without statistical differences between extenders.
Start page
125
End page
130
Volume
17
Issue
2
Language
Spanish
OCDE Knowledge area
Ciencia veterinaria
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-84871934710
Source
Revista de Investigaciones Veterinarias del Peru
ISSN of the container
16823419
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