Volume 10
Issue 2
Veterinary Medicine
JOURNAL OF
POLISH
AGRICULTURAL
UNIVERSITIES
Available Online: http://www.ejpau.media.pl/volume10/issue2/abs-08.html
LIPID PEROXIDATION IN FRESH AND STORED SEMEN OF GREEN-LEGGED PARTRIDGE
Agnieszka Partyka1, Anna Jerysz1, Przemys³aw Pokorny2
1 Institute of Animal Breeding,
Department of Poultry Breeding,
Wroc³aw University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Poland
2 Department of Limnology and Fishery,
Wroc³aw University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Poland
ABSTRACT
Study on semen of native Polish breed Green-legged Partridge was carried out. Morphology of spermatozoa and production of malondialdehyde (MDA) in fresh net semen and semen diluted 1:1 with EK diluent and stored for 24 hours at 4°C were examined. Significant differences (P≤0.01) between fresh semen and stored with regard to pH (7.15 vs. 7.40), osmotic pressure (298 vs. 345 mOsmol/kg) and number of total live spermatozoa (97.3% vs. 87.6%), morphologically normal (84.8% vs. 65.4%) and with bent neck spermatozoa (1.6% vs. 12.0%) were observed. Lipid peroxidation expressed as concentration of MDA in fresh semen (0h) and after 24 h of storage did not differ statistically and averaged 0.28 and 0.33 nmol/50 x 106 spermatozoa, respectively.
Key words: Green-legged Partridge, fowl semen, spermatozoa morphology, lipid peroxidation.
Agnieszka Partyka
Institute of Animal Breeding,
Department of Poultry Breeding,
Wroc³aw University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Poland
Che³monskiego 38c, 51-630 Wroc³aw, Poland
Phone: 48-71-320-57-76
email: agnieszkapartyka@poczta.onet.pl
Anna Jerysz
Institute of Animal Breeding,
Department of Poultry Breeding,
Wroc³aw University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Poland
Che³monskiego 38c, 51-630 Wroc³aw, Poland
Przemys³aw Pokorny
Department of Limnology and Fishery,
Wroc³aw University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Poland
Chelmonskiego 38c, 51-630 Wroc³aw, Poland
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