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Effect of High Altitude on Male Fertility among Saudi Sheep and Goat Breeds
Annals of Animal Science • 2015
Publication Information
Authors
Nabil S Awad, Mohamed M Soliman, Alaa A Mohamed, Ayman M Sabry, Ahmad F. Shahaby and Adel E. El –Tarras
Keywords
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Journal
Annals of Animal Science
Publisher
De Gruyter
Volume
15
Issue
2
Pages
1-13
publication.type
International
Paper Link
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Supplementary Materials
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Abstract
The objective of the present study was to evaluate the effect of high altitude on Saudi sheep and goat male fertility. Sheep and goats testicular tissues were collected from slaughterhouse at Taif governorate as high altitude (1800 meter above sea level) and Mekkah governorate as control (at sea level). Epididymal sperms were examined for sperm motility, live and abnormal percentage. RNA was extracted from testicular homogenate and reverse transcribed into cDNA and then evaluated for the expression of (IGFII, StAR, LDLr and CYP11a) genes. Expression of IGFII gene was found to be significantly (P