the goal of this study was the evaluation of semen extender filtration on post-thawed buck sperm quality. a total 16 ejaculates were collected from four buck (4 ejaculates from each buck) twice a week. after semen collection and primary evaluation, collected semen samples were pooled and divided into two equal parts. each part was diluted with one of the following extenders: 1) non-filtered lec...

The present study has been conducted with the purpose of exploring the relationship between EDBI staff's General English proficiency and their technical English Writing as well as the way each ESBP and GE courses affect their writing skill. The kind of the study is quasi-experimental with pre-test and post-test, being conducted among EDBI staff in Tehran Branches and Headquarters. In data colle...

The aim of this study was to define a simple extender for freezing rabbit semen from selected males used to inseminate selected doses to obtain embryos for an embryo bank. Four experiments were carried out. In the first experiment, freezing extender was defined on the basis of the results of the post-thawing motility rate. Three factors and their interactions were studied: final concentration o...

Cholesterol and Equex-STM are frequently added to different commercial and experimental extenders improving postthawing sperm quality. Doses of 125-150 mM of cholesterol from pig liver and 0.5-0.7% of Equex-STM were evaluated in a standard eggyolk extender (Martin et al., 1979). Six ejaculates per stallion from six pure Spanish stallions (6-8 years old) were collected in Martin's extender (B) a...

This experiment was designed to compare powdered egg yolk with fresh egg yolk in an extender for cryopreservation of Zebu bull semen. Sperm motility, plasma membrane integrity and viability were assessed at different stages of cryopreservation (post-dilution, pre-freezing and post-thawing). Sperm plasma membrane integrity remained similar at all the stages of cryopreservation. Sperm motility an...

Let $G=(V,E)$ be a simple connectedgraph with $n$ vertices, $m$ edges and sequence of vertex degrees$d_1 ge d_2 ge cdots ge d_n>0$, $d_i=d(v_i)$, where $v_iin V$. With $isim j$ we denote adjacency ofvertices $v_i$ and $v_j$. The generalsum--connectivity index of graph is defined as $chi_{alpha}(G)=sum_{isim j}(d_i+d_j)^{alpha}$, where $alpha$ is an arbitrary real<b...

The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of storage of semen in different commercial extenders on the pre-freezing and post-thawing quality of boar spermatozoa. Semen was diluted in BTS, Androhep (AH) and Gedil (GD), stored for 24 h at 17°C, and then frozen in accordance with the cryopreservation protocol. Analyses of the quality of spermatozoa included: motility, normal apical ridg...

The objective of this study was to evaluate quality of frozen-thawed bull semen processed with extenders containing vitamin C and E as antioxidants. Pooled semen's were collected from 5 bulls and diluted to a concentration of 30 × 10 6 sperm/mL with citrate –egg yolk (CEY) or Tris – egg yolk (TEY) extenders. The diluted semen was divided to 5 aliquots including control and 4 experimental groups...

Polyketides are a large family of bioactive natural products synthesized by polyketide synthase (PKS) enzyme complexes predominantly from acetate and propionate. Given the structural diversity of compounds produced using these two simple building blocks, there has been longstanding interest in engineering the incorporation of alternative extender units. We have been investigating the mechanism ...

the aim of the present research was to study the effect of different concentrations of rosemary (rosmarinus officinalis l.) extract, (0, 10, 12.5, 16.6, 25 and 50) mg/l added to semen extender, on sperm qualitative and quantitative parameters after freezing-thawing process of rooster sperm. 10 ross strain rooster were used. semen samples were collected, 2 times a week. after adding the samples ...