One hundred and fourteen semen samples of commercial dual purpose Gramapriya hybrid cock collected twice daily for ten weeks period by abdominal massage method were evaluated for physical and morphological characteristics. The ejaculate volume averaged to 0.39 ± 0.02 ml, while sperm concentration and total sperm count 2.49 ± 0.03 x 106 / ml and 0.98 ± 0.04 x 109 / ejaculate, respectively. The individual motility, live spermatozoa and morphological abnormal spermatozoa were 84.01 ± 0.04, 91.01± 0.29 and 6.58 ± 0.22 per cent whereas mass motility graded to 3.95 ± 0.03 scale. The pH of semen tended to be alkaline 7.41±0.01. The correlation of certain physical characteristics was highly significant (P < 0.01) except the pH and the spermatozoa which differed at 5 percent level. The mass motility of the spermatozoa was decreased with increasing the pH and abnormal spermatozoa in semen. This is the first study which was proved some basic information about biophysical attributes of dual purpose Gramapriya hybrid cocks semen when compared with other exotic cocks. 1363941161.php
STUDIES ON CERTAIN BIOPHYSICAL ATTRIBUTES OF GRAMAPRIYA HYBRID COCK SEMEN
Date : 2013-06-04 Volume : 5