Title
Biochemical characteristics of fresh and freeze/thawed seminal plasma of alpaca (vicugna pacos)
Other title
[Características bioquímicas del plasma seminal fresco y congelado/descongelado de alpaca (Vicugna pacos)]
Date Issued
01 January 2015
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Hugo D.V.
Wilfredo H.L.
a Estación Experimental del Centro de Investigación IVITA - El Mantaro, Huancayo, Peru
Publisher(s)
Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
Abstract
The aim of this study was to determine and compare the biochemical characteristics of fresh and thawed seminal plasma of alpacas. Semen was collected by electroejaculation from four adult males, once a week per four weeks. Semen was centrifuged and the seminal plasma was separated. One part was analysed fresh and other stored for one month on liquid nitrogen and then thawed and analysed. Levels of glucose, total cholesterol, HDL-cholesterol, triglycerides, total protein, albumin, calcium, alkaline phosphatase, ALT and γ-GT were determined. Only the triglycerides significantly decreased due to the process of freeze/thawed, where the values were 44.12 ± 7.38 and 27.31 ± 4.65 mg/dl in fresh and thawed respectively.
Start page
43
End page
48
Volume
26
Issue
1
Language
Spanish
OCDE Knowledge area
Bioquímica, Biología molecular
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-84931083134
Source
Revista de Investigaciones Veterinarias del Peru
ISSN of the container
16823419
Sources of information:
Directorio de Producción Científica
Scopus