Effect of using Hydroalcoholic Extract of Turkish Carob fruits compared with Vitamin E on some semen Characteristics of white Rabbits | ||
| Kirkuk University Journal For Agricultural Sciences | ||
| Article 13, Volume 13, Issue 4, Autumn 2022, Page 138-151 PDF (749 K) | ||
| Document Type: Research Paper | ||
| DOI: 10.58928/ku22.13413 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Sarmad T. Abdulazeez; Sahib J. Abdulrahman | ||
| Abstract | ||
| The study was conducted at the University of Kirkuk / College of Agriculture in the fields of the Department of Animal Production to study the effect of dosing with Hydroalcoholic Extract of Turkish carob fruits and vitamin E on the semen characteristics of white male rabbits. Twenty rabbits, aged 5-6 months, were randomly divided into four treatments, five rabbits for each. Treatment, the first treatment rabbits (control group) were left without any dose, the second treatment was dosed with Hydroalcoholic Extract of Turkish carob fruits at a dose of 200 mg/kg/day, the third treatment was given a water alcoholic extract of Turkish carob fruits at a dose of 400 mg/kg/day the fourth treatment Dosing with vitamin E at a dose of 400 mg / kg / day.. The results showed that the water-alcoholic extract of Turkish carob and vitamin E improved semen characteristics for all study treatments compared to the control group . The second, third and fourth treatments had a significant increase over the control group in improving ejaculate volume, sperm concentration, and group and individual movement of sperm, which was offset by a significant decrease in the percentages of dead and distorted sperms in all months of the study. We conclude from this study the dosing with aqueous alcohol extract of Turkish carob fruits and vitamin E has the ability to improve the semen characteristics of white male rabbits | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Carob fruits; vitamin E; semen characteristics | ||
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