AIM Viable spermatozoa could be recovered from the cauda epididymides for the purpose of preservation of genetic material of male animals with desirable traits and for use in reproductive biotechnology. The aim of this study was to determine the effect of storage time on testicular and epididymal biometry, sperm reserves and epididymal sperm characteristics of red Sokoto bucks post mortem. MA...

Accumulated five years data on 197 kids of 15 Black Bengal bucks in the nucleus breeding flock of Black Bengal goats were analyzed for the study of production traits. The traits considered were birth weight, weight at every 3month interval up to 12-month, semen characteristics and milk yield. Semen parameters were evaluated from 450 ejaculates of 15 Black Bengal bucks collected twice a week by ...

This study examines whether the photostimulation of sexual activity in young bucks improves reproductive performance "male effect" comparison to adult males. The experimental design was a 2 × with variables: age and photoperiodic treatment bucks. Ninety-three anoestrous does were distributed into four groups depending on kind male used: (1.26 years old, n = 6) or old (5.15 6). Half each group m...

the effect of subcutaneous injections of vitamin c on the seminal characteristics of markhoz bucks (2–4-year-old) was studied. the bucks, trained to serve an artificial vagina, were randomly allotted into three equal groups (n = 4) and received daily either zero (1 ml normal saline; control group), or 20 (vitc20 group) or 40 (vitc40 group) mg per kg body weight vitamin c from july 06, 2006 to o...

The study investigated the comparative influence of different extraction solvents on spermiogram, hormonal profiles and antioxidant activities in rabbit bucks. Adult New Zealand White bucks (n=18), with average live weight 1.2±0.03 kg aged 10-18 mo were fed ad libitum a commercial diet. They administered five Azanza garckeana (AG) fruit pulp extracts at 500 mg/kg via oral gavage, comprising con...