L-CARNITINE ENHANCING ROLES ON BUFFALO SEMEN FREEZABILITY, ULTRA STRUCTURE AND FERTILIZING POTENTIALS
Assiut Vet. Med. J. • 2016
Publication Information
Authors
MOHAMED EL-RAEY ; BADR MR ; ASSI MM and RAWASH ZM
Keywords
L-Carnitine, buffalo, frozen, semen, quality, Conception rate
Journal
Assiut Vet. Med. J.
Publisher
Not Available
Volume
62
Issue
149
Pages
163-173
publication.type
International
Paper Link
Open Link
Supplementary Materials
Not Available
Abstract
Recently, male impact has been recognized as a momentous cause of infertility. Male infertility isn’t an entity but it evokes a variety of mechanisms and explanations to understand it. In between, a biochemical semen additive that improves or overcome certain semen situations so can enhance or treat semen fertility and infertility, respectively. L-carnitine is one of these biochemical semen additives. Till now, the exact effects of L-carnitine on buffalo semen processing outcomes haven’t been discovered. The current study aimed to clarify L-carnitine roles during buffalo semen cryopreservation. Semen samples were obtained from six fertile buffalo bulls (aged 3 to 5 years). Weekly, two consecutive ejaculates were collected from each bull for successive six weeks using artificial vagina. The ejaculates were pooled to eliminate samples variability. Semen samples were extended with Tris-based extender supplemented with different concentrations of L-carnitine (0.01, 0.05 and 0.1 mg/ml) Vs. Tris-based extender only (control). Then they were processed to cryopreservation and thawing to assess different semen characteristics. It had been found that L-carnitine (0.05mg/ml) significantly (p
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