CARACTERÍSTICAS IN VITRO E FERTILIDADE DO SÊMEN CAPRINO ARMAZENADO A 5°C POR 24 HORAS UTILIZANDO DUAS CONCENTRAÇÕES DE GEMA DE OVO NO DILUENTE

Abstract

The objective of this study was to evaluate by in vitro tests and in vivo fertility, two concentrations of egg yolk (T1 = 20% or T2 = 2.5%) in egg yolk-citrate semen extender for storing goat semen at 5°C for 24 hours. Ninety semen collections were performed in four goats. The semen was split and diluted in two different semen extenders and stored in refrigerator at 5°C for 24 hours, until the semen evaluation and insemination procedures. The average values for cooled semen, respectively, for T1 and T2 were motility, 68.5 ± 15.4 and 78.0 ± 5.5 (p < 0.05); vigor, 2.5 ± 0.6 and 3.2 ± 0.3 (p < 0.05), supravital test, 59.4 ± 17.2 and 71.1 ± 10.5 (p < 0.05) and hypoosmotic test, 42.2 ± 15.7 and 56.2 ± 11.5 (p < 0.05). The fertility rate was greater (p < 0.05) in T1 (31.3%) than in T2 (66.7%) and the prolificacy did not differ (p < 0.05) between T1 (1.3 ± 0.5) and T2 (1.4 ± 0.5). In conclusion, the egg yolk-citrate extender with a low concentration (2.5%) of egg yolk was more effective in preserving the viability and fertility of goat semen stored at 5°C for 24 hours.

Keywords

• artificial insemination
• extender
• goat
• semen
• spermatozoa.