Correlation between the concentration of chemical elements in wool and the quantitative and qualitative characteristics of the semen in Holstein bulls

Authors

  • Alexei Nikolaevich Frolov Federal Research Center for Biological Systems and Agrotechnologies of the Russian Academy of Sciences
  • Oleg Aleksandrovich Zavyalov Federal Research Center for Biological Systems and Agrotechnologies of the Russian Academy of Sciences
  • Anatoly Vasilievich Kharlamov Federal Research Center for Biological Systems and Agrotechnologies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Orenburg

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.28983/asj.y2022i11pp91-95

Keywords:

sire bull, semen quality, reproductive qualities, elemental status, calcium, aluminum

Abstract

The effect of concentrations of 25 chemical elements in wool on the quantitative and qualitative characteristics of sperm was studied in Holstein sires (n = 55), age 3-4 years, in the conditions of JSC "Nevskoye" by breeding work in Leningrad region. Wool samples were collected from the top of the withers and determined by the AES-ISP method. The interrelation of quantitative and qualitative characteristics of the sperm was revealed with two chemical elements: calcium and aluminum. Thus, as the calcium concentration in wool increases from 604±194.8 mg/kg to 3690±460.3 mg/kg, the volume of native sperm increases by 55.8% (P?0.01), spermatozoa activity increases by 0.14 points (Р?0.05), diluted semen yield – by 95.1% (Р?0.01), number of frozen doses – by 82.6% (Р?0.05). An increase in aluminum concentration from 1.89 mg/kg to 8.46 mg/kg is accompanied by a decrease in the concentration of spermatozoa by 20.4% (P?0.001), activity - by 0.21 points (P?0.05), number of frozen doses - by 55.4% (P?0.01).

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Published

2022-11-25

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No. 11 (2022)

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Zootechnics and veterinary

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