Sexual reflexes in boars of imported breeds in the period of adaptation | Половые рефлексы у хрячков импортных пород в период адаптации
2012
Zubova, T.V. | Linkevich, E.I. | Shejko, E.I. | Bogdanovich, D.M. | Budevich, A.I., National Academy of Sciences. Scientific and Practical Center of Animal Breeding (Belarus)
In the conditions of the Republic of Belarus there was realized a study of the effect of adaptation on boars of imported breeding. The results of studies on the effect of adaptation on boars of imported breeds showed that boars of Landrace breed are worth adapted to dummy than Yorkshire breed animals. Of the total population of boars the following ones were adapted to dummy - Landrace - 62.5%, Yorkshire - 70.1%. Indicators of sperm studied were of good quality (high concentration and mobility, the maximum number of active sperm cells in the ejaculate). Breed and age differences for some sperm quality indices of boars were determined and its dependence on the size of the area of the outer surface of spermary.
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