Improvement of rooster semen quality using coenzyme Q10 during cooling storage in the Lake extender

• Published in: Cryobiology Vol. 88; pp. 87 - 91
• Main Authors: Masoudi, R., Sharafi, M., Pourazadi, L.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier Inc 01.06.2019
• Subjects: Animals; Chickens; Cockerel; Cold Temperature; Cooling; CoQ10; Cryopreservation - methods; Cryoprotective Agents - pharmacology; Fertility; Insemination, Artificial - veterinary; Lipid Peroxidation - drug effects; Male; Mitochondria - metabolism; Semen; Semen - drug effects; Semen Analysis - veterinary; Semen Preservation - methods; Sperm Motility - drug effects; Spermatozoa - drug effects; Ubiquinone - analogs & derivatives; Ubiquinone - pharmacology; Cooling; Fertility; Semen; Cockerel; CoQ10

Sensitivity of rooster semen to stressful condition of cooling restricts the semen storage in commercial flocks for artificial insemination. This study was accomplished to investigate the effect of coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10) addition to the Lake extender during chilled-storage on the parameters of sperm q...