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The effect of dilution rates and freezing methods on post-thawing motility of Baluchi ram spermatozoa

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2017

Y.J. Ahangari
Affiliation:
Gorgan University of Agricultural and Natural Resources, Gorgan, I R Iran
M. Nowrozi
Affiliation:
Gorgan University of Agricultural and Natural Resources, Gorgan, I R Iran
A. Soleimani
Affiliation:
Gorgan University of Agricultural and Natural Resources, Gorgan, I R Iran
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For the effective use of Artificial insemination technique in sheep industry, investigation on the methods of ram semen dilution and freezing is necessary. Ahangari (1992) showed that various rates of dilution from 1:1 to 1:4 did not affect p>0.05 post thawing survival of Cambridge ram spermatozoa. Fiser et al (1987) achieved a 73% c.f. 67% pregnancy rate using thawed semen, previously frozen to -100 and -79 respectively. The objective of this study was to investigate the effect of two rates of dilution of semen and two methods of freezing on post-thawing motility of ram spermatozoa.

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Copyright © The British Society of Animal Science 2002

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