EFFECT OF NON-GENETIC FACTORS ON THE QUALITY OF FROZEN SEMEN OF CROSSBRED HOLSTEIN FRIESIAN BULLS

Authors

  • A GOPINATHAN Department of Animal Genetics and Breeding Madras Veterinary College, Chennai - 600 007
  • S N SIVASELVAM
  • S M K KARTHICKEYAN
  • K KULASEKAR

Keywords:

Acrosome integrity, Frozen semen, Hypo-osmotic swelling, Non-genetic, Post-thaw motility

Abstract

Sixty five frozen semen samples of 14 crossbred Holstein Friesian bulls were subjected to quality assurance
tests such as post-thaw motility, post-thaw incubation survival, hypo-osmotic swelling (HOST) and acrosome
integrity. The data were statistically analyzed to study the effect of farm (I and II), ejaculate (I and II), period
(2007-2014) and season (summer, winter and northeast monsoon) on the frozen semen quality using general
linear model. Post-thaw motility and post-thaw incubation survival of spermatozoa was highly affected (p<0.01)
by ejaculate, period and season, whereas, HOST was affected by period, and acrosome integrity was affected by
ejaculate and period. In brief, non-genetic factors had impact on the quality of frozen semen of crossbred Holstein
Friesian bulls.

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Published

2022-12-25

Issue

Vol. 39 No. 1 (2018): Indian Journal of Animal Reproduction

Section

Research Article

How to Cite

GOPINATHAN, A., SIVASELVAM, S.N., KARTHICKEYAN, S.M.K., & KULASEKAR, K. (2022). EFFECT OF NON-GENETIC FACTORS ON THE QUALITY OF FROZEN SEMEN OF CROSSBRED HOLSTEIN FRIESIAN BULLS. The Indian Journal of Animal Reproduction, 39(1), 34–37. Retrieved from https://acspublisher.com/journals/index.php/ijar/article/view/3730