Cryopreservation of poultry semen.
1. The effect on fertility of storing the semen of fowl, turkey, gander or drake at -196 degrees C in a diluent with dimethylacetamide was investigated. 2. After artificially inseminating ducks, geese, turkeys and hens with freeze-thawed semen, the percentage of fertility was 69-90%, 81-90%, 80-90% and 75-85%, respectively.
Tselutin
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Research Institute of Farm Animal Breeding and Genetics, Petersburg-Pushkin, Russia.
Narubina
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Mavrodina
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D000081:Acetamides; D000818:Animals; D002645:Chickens; D015925:Cryopreservation / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods / Q000662:veterinary*; D003451:Cryoprotective Agents; D004372:Ducks; D005260:Female; D005777:Geese; D007315:Insemination, Artificial / Q000662:veterinary; D008297:Male; D011200:Poultry; D012661:Semen; D012662:Semen Preservation / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods / Q000662:veterinary*; D014422:Turkeys
D000081:Acetamides; D003451:Cryoprotective Agents; C013959:dimethylacetamide