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A note on the influence of storage duration of fresh semen on fertilizing capacity and embryo survival in sows

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 September 2010

A. P. Sather ,
D. S. Harbison  and
P. C. Seth
A. P. Sather
Affiliation:
Agriculture Canada, Research Station, Lacombe, Alberta TOC ISO, Canada
D. S. Harbison
Affiliation:
Agriculture Canada, Research Station, Lacombe, Alberta TOC ISO, Canada
P. C. Seth
Affiliation:
Agriculture Canada, Research Station, Lacombe, Alberta TOC ISO, Canada
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Abstract

Fresh sperm motility declined from 79·2 (s.e. 0·9)% to 55·8 (s.e. 1·7)% while occurrence of normal acrosomes declined from 82·9 (s.e. 1·3)% to 71·3 (s.e. 1·2) % from the day of collection to 7 days after collection, and conception rate declined from 47·6% using 3-day-old semen to less than 30% from using 5· or 7-day-old semen. Neither the number of embryos nor embryo survival from pregnant sows were affected by the age of semen. Boar effects were evident but they did not interact with the effects of age of semen, indicating that semen quality after storage was proportional to initial semen quality.

Keywords

semen preservationsow reproduction
Type
Research Article
Information
Animal Production , Volume 52 , Issue 3 , June 1991 , pp. 554 - 557
Copyright
Copyright © British Society of Animal Science 1991

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