Pregnancy Rate and Sex-ratio of Calves Born to Sex-sorted Semen in Murrah Buffaloes

Maheshkumar Vitthalarao  Ingawale; Sujata Sudamrao  Sawant; Akshay Shripati   Dhatonde; Shyam  Ganesh  Deshmukh; Chaitanya Hemendrakumar  Pawshe

doi:10.48165/ijar.2022.43.2.8

Authors

Maheshkumar Vitthalarao Ingawale Department of Animal Reproduction, Gynecology& Obstetrics, Postgraduate Institute of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Akola, Maharashtra Animal & Fishery Sciences University, Nagpur, Maharashtra
Sujata Sudamrao Sawant Livestock Development Officer, Veterinary Dispensary Pachora Dist: Jalgaon
Akshay Shripati Dhatonde Department of Animal Reproduction, Gynecology& Obstetrics, Postgraduate Institute of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Akola, Maharashtra Animal & Fishery Sciences University, Nagpur, Maharashtra
Shyam Ganesh Deshmukh Department of Animal Reproduction, Gynecology& Obstetrics, Postgraduate Institute of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Akola, Maharashtra Animal & Fishery Sciences University, Nagpur, Maharashtra
Chaitanya Hemendrakumar Pawshe Department of Animal Reproduction, Gynecology& Obstetrics, Postgraduate Institute of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Akola, Maharashtra Animal & Fishery Sciences University, Nagpur, Maharashtra

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.48165/ijar.2022.43.2.8

Keywords:

Buffalo, Pregnancy Rate, Sex-ratio, Sex-sorted Semen

Abstract

The research was carried out to study the pregnancy rate and sex-ratio of female calves born through sex-sorted semen in buffaloes. Murrah and graded Murrah buffaloes were inseminated with sex-sorted semen (n=44) and with conventional semen (n=20). Out of which 17 (38.63%) and 9 (45%) buffaloes were found pregnant in sex-sorted and conventional semen groups, respectively. Out of seventeen calves born with inseminations of sex-sorted semen, 15 (88.23%) were female calves while two (11.77%) calf born were male. Out of nine calves born with inseminations of conventional semen, 5 (55.55%) were females and four (44.45%) were male. Female calves born were 32.68 % more in sex-sorted semen compared to conventional semen in buffaloes so female sex-sorted semen should be utilized for production of more number of female calves in buffaloes.

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