Partial replacement of chicken semen by turkey semen in artificial insemination of chickens.
Chicken semen undiluted, diluted with a diluent containing fructose and/or mixed with turkey semen was used to inseminate Leghorn hens. In two of three experiments there was an improvement in fertility from insemination by mixed semen as compared to semen diluted to the same extent with the diluent.
D000818:Animals; D002645:Chickens; D005260:Female; D005298:Fertility; D007315:Insemination, Artificial / Q000379:methods / Q000662:veterinary*; D008297:Male; D012661:Semen; D014422:Turkeys