Author/Authors :
YENİ, Deniz Afyon Kocatepe University - Faculty of Veterinary Medicine - Department of Reproduction and Artificial Insemination, Turkey , AVDATEK, Fatih Afyon Kocatepe University - Faculty of Veterinary Medicine - Department of Reproduction and Artificial Insemination, Turkey , GÜNDOĞAN, Mustafa Afyon Kocatepe University - Faculty of Veterinary Medicine - Department of Reproduction and Artificial Insemination, Turkey
Abstract :
The objective of the present study was to describe some reproductive parameters, hormonal levels and some biochemical properties of blood serum of rams. Semen (via an artificial vagina) and blood were collected five times during the breeding season from a total of 5 mature and healthy Pirlak rams in Afyonkarahisar conditions. The values of testes length and thick, scrotal circumference and thick and relative testes volume were ranged from 8.5 to 12.9 cm, from 5.9 to 8.5 cm, from 30.5 to 40 cm, from 4 to 5 mm and from 10.35 to 18.50 ml/kg, respectively, and the mean values of the reaction times were found as 5.14 ± 0.21 s. The overall mean values of spermatological features were found as 1.21 ± 0.06 ml, 6.59 ± 0.07, 3.40 ± 0.09, 4.57 ± 0.09, 86.85 ± 0.79 %, 4.19 ± 0.08 x 109 spermatozoa/ml, 6.41 ± 0.27 %, 4.14 ± 0.21 % and 71.09 ± 1.13 % for volume, pH and viscosity of semen, mass activity, sperm motility and concentration, live-dead and abnormal sperm rate and HOS test value, respectively. In addition, some blood serum hormonal concentrations, biochemical and enzymatic properties of Pirlak rams indicated that the values were recorded in the optimum range, and also no difference was found individually for both certain andrological and biochemical parameters. However, some reproductive parameters of rams show a correlation with some biochemical parameters. In conclusion, Pirlak rams have reproductive capacity during the breeding season under the Afyonkarahisar province conditions.
NaturalLanguageKeyword :
Biochemical properties , Hormone , Ram , Semen
