Effects of exercise conditioning on semen characteristics from hyper‐ and hypotensive lines of turkeys
| Autor: | S. L. Bolden, E. E. M. Pierson, G. R. McDANIEL, E. C. Mora, L. E. Miller, J. A. McGuire, L. M. Krista |
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| Rok vydání: | 1985 |
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Male
Turkeys medicine.medical_specialty Sperm Count business.industry Physical Exertion Color Blood Pressure Collection period Semen General Medicine Semen collection Surgery Regimen Semen quality Animal science Blood pressure Animals Medicine Conditioning Animal Science and Zoology business Food Science |
| Zdroj: | British Poultry Science. 26:349-356 |
| ISSN: | 1466-1799 0007-1668 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/00071668508416822 |
| Popis: | Twenty-one male Broad Breasted White turkeys which had been selected for high or low blood pressure were put on an exercise regimen to determine its effect on semen quality. Eleven were from the hypertensive line and 10 from the hypotensive line. Eleven (6 hypertensive and 5 hypotensive) turkeys were placed on an exercise regime of walking (herding) about 1 mile daily for 6 weeks before the experiment began, and then for a further 6 weeks during semen collection. Semen was collected from 11 turkeys on the exercise regime and 10 nonexercised control birds which were kept in their experimental pens during the trial. Both hypertensive and exercised groups showed an improved semen colour score at the first collection period (P less than or equal to 0.09). Only the exercised group showed a significantly (P less than or equal to 0.05) better score than the control group during periods 2 and 3. The hypertensive line showed significantly higher spermatozoa count than the hypotensive line during the first collection period. There was no effect of either exercise or selection for high or low blood pressure on semen volume. |
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