Seminal plasma zinc concentration in relation to sperm quality parameters in boars
2014
Lipensky, J., Institute of Animal Science, Prague (Czech Republic). Dept. of Pig Breeding | Lustykova, A., Institute of Animal Science, Prague (Czech Republic). Dept. of Pig Breeding | Frydrychova, S., Institute of Animal Science, Prague (Czech Republic). Dept. of Pig Breeding | Vaclavkova, E., Institute of Animal Science, Prague (Czech Republic). Dept. of Pig Breeding | Rozkot, M., Institute of Animal Science, Prague (Czech Republic). Dept. of Pig Breeding | Cerovsky, J., Institute of Animal Science, Prague (Czech Republic). Dept. of Pig Breeding
Zinc plays an important role in pig reproduction and is associated with boar sperm quality or quantity parameters. The aim of this study was to evaluate a relation between boar sperm quality parameters and seminal plasma zinc concentration. Thirty-eight ejaculates from thirty-eight boars from one AI centre were used in this study. The following semen quality and quantity parameters were evaluated: morphologically abnormal spermatozoa (MAS), sperm motility, semen volume, sperm concentration and total number of spermatozoa per ejaculate. Only non-significant differences were found among the groups in the MAS incidence and in the boar sperm motility parameter. The highest MAS incidence (24.3 %) was found in group with the lowest seminal plasma zinc concentration while the lowest MAS incidence (16.8 %) was noted in group with the highest seminal plasma zinc concentration. On the basis of these results we cannot conclude that there is a significant relation between boar seminal plasma zinc concentration and evaluated sperm quality parameters.
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