Vol. 6, Issue 5 (2018)
Additives used in semen preservation in animals: A short review
Author(s): Mokhtar Hussain, Safeeda Sultana Begum, Manoj Kumar Kalita, Kutub Uddin Ahmed and Rita Nath
Abstract: Mammalian spermatozoa are extremely sensitive to oxidative damage wherein lipid peroxidation plays the most significant role in aging of the spermatozoa along with shortening its life-span in vivo and thereby affecting the preservation of semen for artificial insemination. In this developing world of artificial breeding in animals, the superior quality male germplasm from elite male is exploited to maximum possible extent by artificially inseminating large number of female animals merely from a single ejaculate. For this purpose, a good quality semen extender is required which plays an indispensable role in improving the post thaw semen quality in terms of sperm viability, motility, plasma membrane and acrosomal integrity (PMAI), mitochondrial membrane potential (MMP), sperm kinematics etc. A number of semen additives are incorporated during extension of semen before preservation which imparts anti-oxidant and sperm membrane stabilization properties to improve post-thaw semen quality. Thus it is important to disseminate the knowledge about the use of various types of semen extenders and additives in animal semen preservation to improve the extent of consuming superior male germplasm in veterinary science and animal husbandry.
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Mokhtar Hussain, Safeeda Sultana Begum, Manoj Kumar Kalita, Kutub Uddin Ahmed, Rita Nath. Additives used in semen preservation in animals: A short review. Int J Chem Stud 2018;6(5):354-361.
