Published in Scientific Papers. Series D. Animal Science, Vol. LVIII
Written by Vladimir BUZAN
The effectiveness of livestock farming in great extent depends on the efficiency of animal reproduction. Therefore, researches in this direction acquire theoretical and practical significance. Given the fact that in the practice of reproduction of pigs widely was used the method of artificial insemination of sows’ chilled sperm, the purpose of the conducted research was to improve the synthetic mediums through introducing into their composition of the biologically active compounds. As such substance was used L-carnitine. By method of consecutive rows was determined dose-dependent effect of investigated substance included in the base medium on the basis of electrolytes and nonelectrolytes. It was found that after dilution of boar sperm the mobility of spermatozoa and their absolute indicator of survival after 12 hours of storage at hypothermic temperatures (16-18˚C) is increased by a statistically significant amount. It is concluded about protective and stimulating activity of L-carnitine at the dilution and storage of boar semen.
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