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Semen quality improvement in boars fed with supplemental wolfberry ( Lycium barbarum )
- Source :
- Animal Science Journal. 90:1517-1522
- Publication Year :
- 2019
- Publisher :
- Wiley, 2019.
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Abstract
- Wolfberry is well known for its health benefits in Asian countries. This study consisted of two experiments. In Experiment 1, nine boars were provided 40 g dried wolfberry per 100 kg body weight per day in addition to regular feed for 160 days (divided into 40 days phases: I, II, III, and IV) under step-down air temperature conditions. Controls (n = 9) were fed regular feed only. Significant (p < .05 or p < .01) or slight improvements in sperm progressive motility, total abnormality rate, sperm concentration, and total sperm per ejaculate were observed in the wolfberry group during phases II and III. No differences were observed in semen volume. After combining the data from phases II ~ IV, significant improvements were detected in all aforementioned traits (p < .05 or p < .01), except semen volume. In Experiment 2, the wolfberry group (n = 5) was fed wolfberry for 90 days and exhibited significantly reduced head, tail, and total abnormality rates (p < .05 or p < .01) in both fresh semen and semen stored for 72 hr at 17°C compared to the control group (n = 5). SOD activity also significantly increased in this group of boars. Collectively, the findings of this study suggest that wolfberry has a positive effect on boar semen quality.
- Subjects :
- Male
endocrine system
BOAR
Swine
Semen
Breeding
Health benefits
03 medical and health sciences
Semen quality
Animal science
Animals
030304 developmental biology
0303 health sciences
biology
urogenital system
0402 animal and dairy science
04 agricultural and veterinary sciences
General Medicine
Lycium
biology.organism_classification
Animal Feed
Spermatozoa
040201 dairy & animal science
Sperm
Semen Analysis
Air temperature
Dietary Supplements
Sperm Motility
Semen volume
General Agricultural and Biological Sciences
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 17400929 and 13443941
- Volume :
- 90
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Animal Science Journal
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....2c44474d1b1b8182a4ec38981c2210e0
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/asj.13295