Title
Preservation of goat semen using yolk-citrate and yolk skim milk extenders
Other title
Conservación de semen caprino en los dilutores citrato-yema y leche-descremada yema
Date Issued
01 January 2001
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Lily Palomino T.
José Camacho S.
Wilfredo Huanca L.
Publisher(s)
Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
Abstract
Two in vitro extenders for dilution of goat semen, Yolk-Citrate (A) and Yolk-skim milk (B), were evaluated. Semen was collected from four males using an artificial vagina and kept at 30"C prior to and during dilution at 1/6 semen/extender. The resulting solutions were stored at room temperature (20-26ºC) and under refrigeration (4ºC) for 96 hours. Sperm motility (0-5) and progressive motility (%) were determined at 6, 12, 24, 36, 48, 60, 72, 84 and 96 hours. Semen with minimum motility values of 3 and 60% progressive motility were considered acceptable. At room temperature, sperm dilutions prepared with extender B were viable for up to 6 hours, while those prepared with A were viable at 48 hours. Under refrigeration, the solution prepared with extender A maintained good viability for 96 hours, while that prepared with B ceased to function after 48 hours. Yolk-Citrate (A) is clearly the more effective extender for dilution of goat semen, conserving spermatic viability for a longer period of time.
Start page
1
End page
7
Volume
12
Issue
1
Language
Spanish
OCDE Knowledge area
Biología reproductiva
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85047011317
Source
Revista de Investigaciones Veterinarias del Peru
ISSN of the container
16823419
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