Semen quality of Nigerian local cocks treated with human menopausal gonadotropin (Pergonal)

摘要

Theeffectofhumanmenopausalgonadotropin(pergonal#174;)onsemencharacteristicsofNigerianlocalcockswasstudied.Twenty-fiveclinicallyhealthyandmaturecocks,weighingbetween1.5and1.6kgwereallocatedrandomlytofivetreatmentgroups.Spermquality(expressedasprogressivemotilityandpercentageofmorphologicallynormal/abnormalspermcells)andspermquantity(expressedasspermconcentration,andsemenvolume)weretheparametersevaluatedineachcock.Thehighestpercentagespermmotilityandpercentagelivespermcellswereobservedwhenadoseof24.0IUwasadministered.Ascomparedwiththecontrol,theeffectofthegonadotropinonsemenconcentrationwaspositive.TheresultsofthisstudyindicatethathumanmenopausalgonadotropinincreasesfertilityofNigerianlocalcocks.