Indian Journal of Animal Research
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  • Year: 2014
  • Volume: 48
  • Issue: 5

Efficacy of different extenders in preservation of liquid hampshire boar semen at 15°c

  • Author:
  • T. Chutia1,, R.K. Biswas1, M.K. Tamuli, S. Sinha1, J. Goswami1, B.C. Deka1, S. Banik, R.B. Kayastha1
  • Total Page Count: 5
  • Page Number: 496 to 500

1College of Vet. Sci. AAU, Guwahati-781 022, Assam

National Research Centre on Pig, Indian Council of Agricultural Research, Rani, Guwahati 781 131, India

*Corresponding author's e-mail: tukheswar@gmail.com

Online published on 9 October, 2014.

Abstract

The present study was designed to compare the efficacy of different liquid semen extenders for preservation of boar semen at 15°C. Twenty ejaculates, four from each of five Hampshire boars were used to study the efficacy of BTS, GEPS, FEY and LSEEY extenders for preservation of boar semen at 15°C up to 72 h. The mean sperm motility, live sperm and live spermatozoa with intact acrosome were found to be significantly (P < 0.05) higher in GEPS as compared to other extenders. The sperm motility, live sperm and live spermatozoa with intact acrosome differed significantly (P < 0.01) between extenders, preservation periods and interaction of extenders and preservation periods. GEPS was found to be the best extender for preservation followed by BTS, LSEEY and FEY.

Keywords

Extender, Hampshire boar, Live spermatozoa with intact acrosome, Live sperm, Sperm motility