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Jownal ofAninal Scienc.es 73 (9): 1045-1046,
Scprember 2003

Physicat attributes of camel semen during

diiierent months under rural conditions

Rajasthan Agricurrurur lJniversity; Brkcnzt,

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Recei.ved: 28 July 2002; hccepted:
20 May 2003 ;O#
Key words: Animal reproductioir,
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, Camel, Motiliry, Semen
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In!d€$ in the use of artificial inseminatiou in
the.camel camer semen pH is.known to vary berween
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'rsibutes of caner s'emen:during ditrerent ;;"il",i; lui;i
stud t*"L t*i"ttJ"i"
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;;;ii., * seen by Singh er at. (2001).
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existed a considerabre,

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camers. uno Kohri (re73) have previousryrecordedthe

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semen wasTevatuared similar," ,r,. p..t.*;il;ffiil:T;3ii
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v"velvu werecomiared
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wvre lerlIPdr€s oy *ry::[:.;;
a/. (ree0) and
(1990) unarsi,,gr,
Singh et al. (2001) have also sioin Oef
desoibed
as by Snedecor ani .iu.utut..uot,-e to vary between .",l *i r,l rrr"-rri;".]}i#: ;

L._1 . Freshly collected and dituted semen ejaculates showed

our extremety poor motility (S_7%). After complete
liquefaction
(l-1.5 hr) the.percenrrage of progressiveiy motiie
,p"n*,,
varied from l0 to 70yo during diffeient ,onth,
of colleciion. :
Th.9 mgan + SE of motility scores during
. different months of ;
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d-s-.etqen coutained large amount of gel. The
collection are presented in Table t. naotitity scoies
foicam.i S'j
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of,$tr:tttl varied widity berween ,rr."*on,i., .u , ,:,i: i.,
l.S # fylicb showed oe trighest fi'eiil;;y;;; 40 ";;, -.: if
g
? .ry.TF ttode! study exce-pt during Novernber) to very I s6 -:.i.. ,-?'.,:'i

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ffiffiffii'
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and the time taken in liquefaction of this get has b,

to vary from 7-20 min in I srudy (Musa it at, 19,
Pj.Yifg{.tstuayFfrg e.t.at. ree3,l.Duringthe ;
iil
nt.Study tbe time required for liquefaction of the
gel
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Tbblc f . Semcn paramctcnln dromedory camels drrrinc tliffcrcnt monlhs

November. December Jnnu:rq' February

(nl) 4.45tO.24 4.6610.48 4.6J,r 0 .1 | 5, | 6,t0,84 {.32}0,3E

trottlity 40.@4.26 57.50t2.57 52 08+5.68 55.41t2.25 53.95a2.E I
Co0ccntriation 368.3a15.75 405.842.5 5 16. I ll i,10.0 402,08*.37.57 396.6,5!;2.63
(Eillioo/ittl)
UYaspc$-s " 59.33*1.98 54,39+2.02 J3.87r1,91

.
4,ni* vary letrveen 2Hls%(Purotrit 2001) and should be positive correlations w.r, ,r"n bat spenn concentration
= done only after complete liquefaction. and per ccnt live sperrns (P<0.05)"een
and sperm motility and
l" Sgcrrn conccnration varied from.280 to 650 millior/ml. live spernrs (P<.01) during differcnt months.
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.';r,.
Si: lF8Ftitc correlation wias seen between spenn concentration
-i aad pcr ccnt live sperms in November.
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;i.Physical-"tri}". of camel semen w€re studied for 2
breeding scasons in 6 adult Bikaneri camels aged
years, belonging to farmers in a village. The colour of the
milky white and it contained large amout of gel,
-uras
took 6G90 min for tiquefaction. The pH of sernan
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