Study The Effect of Ketoconazole and Vitamin E on Some Arabi Ram Sperm Characteristics | ||
| Basrah Journal of Veterinary Research | ||
| Article 5, Volume 21, Issue 1, March 2022, Pages 49-59 PDF (771.69 K) | ||
| Document Type: Research Paper | ||
| DOI: 10.23975/bjvetr.1970.173981 | ||
| Author | ||
| Khairi G. Alrikabi* | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Experiment aims to investigate the effect of ketoconazole on certain sperm characteristic of Arabi rams .fifteen adult rams were randomly assigned in 3 groups, 5 animals in each group which treated daily as the following : control group, ket group received orally (25 mg/kg body weight of ketoconazole and ket-E group received (25 mg/kg body weight of ketoconazole+50 mg vit E / head). The study lasted 28 days. Collection of semen was done each week by artificial vagina. Sperm traits were estimated in addition to assessment the level of testosterone and some anti_oxidative enzyme and oxidative marker (MDA ). It was concluded that orally administered Ketoconazole has a negative impact on fertility of Arabi rams and vit E at 50 mg/head can prevent adverse effect of ketoconazole on sperm characteristic of Arabi rams. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| ketoconazole; vit E; Arabi rams | ||
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