Cryopreservation of rooster semen in thirteen and sixteen percent glycerol.
Semen from Barred Plymouth Rock roosters was cryopreserved with glycerol concentrations of 13 and 16% in a microprocessor-controlled freezer. Thawing and deglycerolation were facilitated by the use of an improved microprocessor-controlled thawing device and high speed dialyzer. Deglycerolated semen (100 mu L; 192 and 154 million sperm, respectively, for the 13 and 16% glycerol concentration) was inseminated into Single Comb white Leghorn hens. Three inseminations were done at 4-d intervals. Eggs were collected for 10 d starting 1 d after the first insemination, and incubated for 4th d. Fertility was determined by candling after the 4th d. Fertility measurements of 62.4 and 65% were obtained from the sperm frozen in 13 and 16% glycerol concentrations, respectively, for the 10-d period.
Gill
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BioPore, Inc., State College, Pennsylvania 16805, USA.
Buss
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Mallis
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D000818:Animals; D002645:Chickens / Q000502:physiology*; D015925:Cryopreservation / Q000379:methods / Q000662:veterinary*; D005260:Female; D005298:Fertility / Q000502:physiology; D005990:Glycerol / Q000032:analysis / Q000494:pharmacology; D007315:Insemination, Artificial / Q000662:veterinary; D008297:Male; D012661:Semen / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D012662:Semen Preservation / Q000379:methods / Q000662:veterinary*; D013081:Sperm Motility / Q000502:physiology; D013084:Sperm-Ovum Interactions / Q000502:physiology
D005990:Glycerol