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Semen characteristics of the swamp buffalo (bubalus bubalis)


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Jainudeen, Mohamed Razeen and Bongso, T. A. and Dass, S. (1982) Semen characteristics of the swamp buffalo (bubalus bubalis). Animal Reproduction Science, 4 (3). pp. 213-217. ISSN 0378-4320

Abstract

The semen characteristics were studied in 182 ejaculates collected with a bovine artificial vagina from five swamp buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) bulls. The mean values were: volume, 2.9 ml; general motility, 70.7%;live (unstained) sperm, 86.5%;abnormal sperm, 10.3%;intact acrosomes, 82.4%;sperm concentration, 1.06 X10· cells/ml and total sperm/ ejaculate, 3.18 X 109 cells/m!. Among the sperm abnormalities noted were "knobbed" acrosome, abaxial implantation, the "Dag" defect and the corkscrew midpiece. There were no significant (P > 0.05) monthly variations for any of the semen characteristics studied.


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Item Type: Article
Divisions: Universiti Pertanian Malaysia
Publisher: Elsevier
Keywords: Water buffalo; Swamp buffalo; Semen
Depositing User: Mohd Hafiz Che Mahasan
Date Deposited: 07 Jul 2015 07:25
Last Modified: 07 Jul 2015 07:25
URI: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/39103
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