Year: 2013 | Month: April | volume 3 | Issue 1
Effect of diluent supplementation with garlic extract on semen quality of cocks during liquid storage
Abstract: <div>This experiment was designed to examine whether garlic extract (GE) supplementation could improve rooster sperm motility, viability, and morphology during in vitro storage for different periods (24, 48 or72 h). A total of 42 White Leghorn roosters, 22 – wk old randomly divided into 6 experimental pens (7 roosters each) were used in this study. The experimental</div><div>groups were as follows: T1 = fresh , undiluted semen ( control ); T2 = semen diluted 1:1 with Lake diluent ( LD ) alone; T3 = semen diluted 1:1 with GE alone, while T4, T5 and T6 represented semen samples diluted 1:1 with</div><div>LD and supplemented with 1, 2 and 4 ml GE / 100 ml of diluent, respectively. Results denoted that semen incubation for 24, 48 or 72 h at the refrigerator temperature in the absence of GE(T1) was associated with a significant (p<0.05) decrease in the mass activity and individual motility, and significant (p<0.05) increase in the percentages of dead spermatozoa, abnormal spermatozoa and acrosomal abnormalities.</div>
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