Evaluation of effect of enrichment with linolenic acid on the quality rooster semen stored at 4? C

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The present study was designed to evaluate the effect of linolenic acid on the quality of rooster semen stored at 4? C. Semen was collected from ten roosters twice a week. Good quality ejaculates were pooled and then diluted, the semen was enriched with 0 (control), 40 (L40), 80 (L80) and 160 (L160) µM linoleate. Forward progressive motility (FPM), viability of spermatozoa, values of malondialdehyde (MDA) and total antioxidant capacity (TAC) in medium and spermatozoa were evaluated at 0, 24 and 48h. The result showed that, FPM was higher in L80 and L160 groups compared to control group at 24 and 48 h (P

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