Boar management and semen handling factors affect the quality of boar extended semen [PDF]
Porcine Health Management, 2017 Artificial insemination (AI) is the preferred method for reproduction in the majority of the intensive pig production systems Worldwide. To this end, fresh extended ready-to-use semen doses are either purchased from AI-centres or produced by boars kept ...
Alfonso Lopez Rodriguez +3 more
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Integrative Transcriptomic and Genomic Analysis Reveals the Regulatory Mechanisms Underlying Semen Quality Stability in Ganders [PDF]
Poultry ScienceSemen quality significantly affects the reproductive performance of ganders. As seasonal breeders, ganders typically experience a decline in semen quality over the breeding season; however, the mechanisms regulating semen quality stability during this ...
Shenqiang Hu +12 more
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Integrative pigGTEx resource with GWAS reveals genetic mechanism underlying semen quality in boars [PDF]
Journal of Animal Science and BiotechnologyBackground Semen quality is one of the most important indicators of boar reproductive performance. In the past, boar breeding has mostly emphasized characteristics such as lean meat percentage, feed conversion efficiency, and growth rate, while ...
Xuehua Li +9 more
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Impact of physical activity on semen quality: a review of current evidence [PDF]
Asian Journal of AndrologyA growing global trend indicates a decline in semen quality, with a lack of physical activity identified as one of the contributing factors. Exercise is medication, and numerous studies have explored its effects on semen quality.
Jing Chen +4 more
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Study on Influencing Factors of Semen Quality in Fertile Men
Frontiers in Physiology, 2022 ObjectiveTo establish a system for evaluation of semen quality in fertile men by factor analysis (FA).MethodsThe FA method was used to analyze five sperm test indicators for fertile men (sperm pH, sperm motility, sperm progressive motility, semen density,
Ning Wang +9 more
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Influence of Single Layer Centrifugation with Canicoll on Semen Freezability in Dogs
Animals, 2022 This study evaluated how semen selection by single layer centrifugation (SLC) with Canicoll affects semen freezability in dogs. A total of eighteen ejaculates, collected from dogs with optimal and suboptimal semen quality (optimal: normal morphology (NM)
Guillaume Domain +7 more
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Semen Quality Traits of Two Thai Native Chickens Producing a High and a Low of Semen Volumes
Veterinary Sciences, 2023 Semen quality traits such as semen volume, sperm motility, sperm concentration, pH, and color are very important, since they can determine the fertility potential of the semen.
Ngassa Julius Mussa +2 more
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Bull semen quality parameters and impact of exogenous factors on semen quality [PDF]
Veterinarski Glasnik, 2014 Use of quality sires in the artificial insemination of cattle leads to the increased production in cattle breeding. In EU countries and the countries which cooperate in semen trade with EU countries bulls’ health status and minimal criteria for ...
Snoj Tomaž
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Journal of Advanced Veterinary and Animal Research, 2023 Objective: The present study analyzed the seminal plasma proteome and possible relationships between proteins and semen quality in azoospermic and normal Simmental bulls.
Abdullah Baharun +6 more
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Effect of age, season and sire on semen quality traits in Frieswal breeding bulls
Indian Journal of Animal Sciences, 2023 The present study was undertaken to assess the effect of season of semen collection, age and sire on semen quality of Frieswal breeding bulls. The data on 8113 semen ejaculates of 155 bulls born to 34 Frieswal sires were utilized for the study.
S TYAGI +7 more
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