ASSESSMENT OF SEMINAL TRAITS AND SUITABILITY OF SEMEN FOR CRYOPRESERVATION OF EXOTIC STALLIONS REARED UNDER INDIAN CONDITIONS

Authors

  • T R TALLURI Equine Production Campus ICAR-NRC on Equines, Bikaner - 334 001
  • S K RAVI
  • R A LEGHA
  • YASHPAL
  • T K THOMAS
  • S S KASHYAP
  • B N TRIPATHI

Keywords:

Equine, Exotic stallion, HOST, Semen cryopreservation, Seminal parameters

Abstract

Semen was collected from seven exotic stallions for the evaluation of seminal characteristics and freezability
of semen. The appearance of fresh semen was milky-white to creamy and consistency of gel-free semen was
variably thick. The total volume of semen, gel-free semen and gel in semen was 50.28±8.34, 43.57±8.14 and
6.71±3.32 ml, respectively. The mass and progressive sperm motility in gel free semen was 88.71±1.70% and
75.71±1.70%, respectively. Mean sperm concentration in fresh semen was 205.37±12.65 × 106 ml-1. The post-thaw
sperm motility was recorded up to an acceptable >30% (40.00±2.43%). The study indicated that the semen from
exotic stallions reared in India can be cryopreserved using conventional vapor freezing technique for encouraging
artificial insemination and study of their fertility potential.

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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

TALLURI, T.R., RAVI, S.K., LEGHA, R.A., YASHPAL, THOMAS, T.K., KASHYAP, S.S., & TRIPATHI, B.N. (2022). ASSESSMENT OF SEMINAL TRAITS AND SUITABILITY OF SEMEN FOR CRYOPRESERVATION OF EXOTIC STALLIONS REARED UNDER INDIAN CONDITIONS. The Indian Journal of Animal Reproduction, 39(1), 44–45. Retrieved from https://acspublisher.com/journals/index.php/ijar/article/view/3733