Qualities of goat semen in Tris-Citrate-Glucose extender containing glutathione

Authors

  • B Mishra Laboratory of Veterinary Physiology, Department of Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Agriculture, Iwate University, Morioka
  • MGS Alam Departments of Surgery and Obstetrics, Faculty of Veterinary Science, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh
  • MAMY Khandokar Department of Animal Breeding and Genetics, Faculty of Animal Husbandry, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh
  • S Mazumder Department of Agricultural Statistics, Faculty Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh
  • MN Munsi Goat and Sheep Production Division, Bangladesh Livestock Research Institute, Savar, Dhaka

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3329/bvet.v27i2.7554

Keywords:

goat semen

Abstract

Glutathione (GSH) 0 (control), 2, 4 and 8 mM was used in the preservation of chilled goat semen. Treated and control samples were kept at 4 – 5°C up to seven days. Sperm motility and acrosome abnormality were assessed daily under phase contrast microscope. The sperm motility was significantly (P<0.01) higher in the semen treated with 8 mM GSH. Optimum sperm motility (≥50%) for artificial insemination was retained for three days with 2 and 4 mM GSH and up to four days with 8 mM GSH. Acrosomal damage was significantly (P<0.01) reduced to ≤ 1.0% after addition of 8 mM GSH. It is suggested that GSH may be used as an antioxidant for better preservation of goat semen for artificial insemination.

DOI: 10.3329/bvet.v27i2.7554

Bangl. vet. 2010. Vol. 27, No. 2, 46 – 55

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Mishra, B., Alam, M., Khandokar, M., Mazumder, S., & Munsi, M. (2011). Qualities of goat semen in Tris-Citrate-Glucose extender containing glutathione. Bangladesh Veterinarian, 27(2), 46–55. https://doi.org/10.3329/bvet.v27i2.7554

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Vol. 27 No. 2 (2010)

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