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Livestock Studies 2003, Vol 43, Num, 1     (Pages: 023-028)
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The Principle Spermatological Characteristics In Akkaraman Rams

Ongun UYSAL 1 ,Umut TAŞDEMİR 2 ,Hüseyin KİNET 2 ,İbrahim ÖZCAN 2

1 Ankara Univ.Vet.Fak.Dölerme ve Sun’i Tohumlama Anabilim Dalı - ANKARA
2 Hayvancılık Merkez Araştırma Enstitüsü - Lalahan/ANKARA - The aim of this research was to prove the principle spermatological characteristics by examination of semen collected from Akkaraman rams.

In this experiment, 3 Akkaraman rams were used. Throughout the research, semen was collected from rams by artificial vagina method every day in autumn (mating season). Ejaculate volume, sperm motility, sperm concentration, the percentage of abnormal sperm, the percentage of dead sperm and sperm pH of samples which were collected from each ram (n=21) were recorded as 1.6 ml, 80.00 %, 3.182X109/ml, 19.62 %, 22.10 % and 6.7 respectively.

Head, tail and other deformations of spermatozoa are determined 5.0 %, 8.4 % and 0.4 % respectively Keywords : Akkaraman ram, spermatological characteristics