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Semen collection, cryopreservation and artificial insemination in the dromedary camel

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Title Semen collection, cryopreservation and artificial insemination in the dromedary camel
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Creator Aminu Deen,
Sumant Vyas,
M.S. Sahani
 
Subject Semen characteristics
cryopreservation
artificial insemination
camel
Camelus dromedarius
 
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Collection of semen with a bovine artificial vagina (AV) was attempted with each of 14 camels over a period of 2 years. Semen samples were evaluated, extended and cryopreserved. Frozen thawed semen, diluted cooled semen or whole semen was used to inseminate some female camels which were induced to ovulate with hCG. Males ejaculated semen into the AV in 74.6% collection attempts. The male copulated for at least 200s in 62.9% attempts. The remaining copulations were of shorter duration. Similarly, 49.3% ejaculates were at least 3ml of semen. Libido and donation of semen improved from December onwards and reached a peak after mid January with peak performance persisting until April. It declined during May. The majority of camels had lost libido and refuse to donate semen by the end of May. Camel semen is in gel form. While 35.9% of 203 semen samples exhibited no individual sperm motility, 28.5% exhibited low to fair grade individual sperm motility and only 35.4% exhibited >50% sperm motility. Differences existed between animals (P
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Date 2020-05-19T08:34:34Z
2020-05-19T08:34:34Z
2003-01-01
 
Type Article
 
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http://krishi.icar.gov.in/jspui/handle/123456789/35823
 
Language English
 
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