Indonesia has two National Artificial Insemination Centers (AIC) and more than 15 Regional (RAIC) spread across several provinces. Bulls in the AIC must have a high libido produce good quality semen. This study examines correlation between with semen testosterone concentration to determine potential frozen production from Bali bulls South Sulawesi RAIC. Ten bull were used this study. Semen coll...

The Zn and Pb concentration was determined in 45 samples of bull semen from three Artificial Insemination Stations (A,B,C) differing in degree of environmental pollution. Bull semen was diluted with Biociphos-Plus to such an extent as to obtain 16 million sperm cells in an insemination dose. The research aimed at assessing the correlation between zinc, lead and other parameters influencing the ...

THE sperm tail-stump defect has been reported in Holstein bulls in Canada (Coubrough and Barker 1964) and Denmark (Blom 1976), and also in Charolais (Williams 1987), Ayrshire (Vierula and others 1983, 1987, Arriola and others 1985, Foote and others 1992) and polled Hereford (Peet and Mullins 1991) bulls. This short communication describes a case in a Holstein bull, which was investigated by usi...

This paper aimed at investigating the potential use of sperm DNA fragmentation (SDF) to improve the routine screening of infertility of Holstein bulls. Cryopreserved sperm samples from 201 Holstein bulls provided by an AI center were used in the analyses of SDF at 0 (SDF_0) and 6 (SDF_6) h of incubation at 37oC. A refi nement of the sperm chromatin dispersion test implemented in the Sperm-Halom...

The aim of the study was to evaluate the effect of the addition of 20% bull seminal plasma to semen extenders on post-thaw sperm motility, morphology, and fertility. Two Merino rams at 3-5 years of age, 43 ewes, and one Holstein bull were used. Fourteen ejaculates were collected by the use of an artificial vagina, twice a day, at 60 min interval. Six semen ejaculates were extended with Tris-egg...

background: control of the medium osmolarity and temperature during long or short time sperm manipulation is essential. objective: the objectives of the present study were to find the effects of different osmolarities of modified tyrode's solution and milk on the bull sperm during incubation at above zero temperatures. materials and methods: semen samples were collected twice from five najdi bu...

Semen may be collected from the vagina of the recently bred cow with the hand, by aspiration, or with a sponge. Semen from the vagina is satisfactory for determining whether the bull has ejaculated normal active spermatozoa during the mating, but it is unsatisfactory for use in physiological studies of spermatozoa because it is mixed with the secretions of the cow. Furthermore, collecting semen...

BACKGROUND European bison is the largest mammal in Europe with the population of approximately 4000 individuals. However, there is no report of post-mortem spermatozoa collection and cryopreservation from this species and the aim of this study was to test if the epididymal spermatozoa collected post-mortem from European bison are suitable for cryopreservation and artificial insemination (AI). ...

The present study was conducted to determine the effect of seasonal and climatic variations on semen characteristics of Nili-Ravi buffalo breeding bulls in Sahiwal and Bahawalpur districts of Punjab, Pakistan. For this purpose, 14 adult NiliRavi buffalo breeding bulls (n=7 from each of Semen Production Unit (SPU) Qadirabad, Sahiwal and SPU Karaniwala, Bahawalpur), were used. Semen samples were ...