Animal (Jan 2016)

Comparison of various semen extenders and addition of prostaglandin F2α on pregnancy rate in cows

  • A.M. Abdussamad,
  • J. Detterer,
  • M. Gauly,
  • W. Holtz

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 4
pp. 655 – 659

Abstract

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This investigation comprises three trials. Trial 1 consists of an in vitro comparison of three semen extenders: two egg yolk based (customized Tris-egg yolk-glycerol and Triladyl®), the third (AndroMed®) soybean lecithin based. With regard to post-thaw motility, the phytoextender AndroMed® proved to be superior (59±3% v. 53±2% and 53±2%, P0.05), a result that encourages a large-scale field study, which is envisioned.

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