Evaluation of comercial semen diluters to be utilized in industrial poultry for sperm viability and ultraestructural characteristics of ostrich (Struthio camelus)

• Grant number: 06/04301-1
• Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants
• Start date: January 01, 2007
• End date: January 31, 2009
• Field of knowledge: Agronomical Sciences - Veterinary Medicine - Animal Reproduction
• Principal Investigator: Valquiria Hyppolito Barnabé
• Grantee: Valquiria Hyppolito Barnabé
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia (FMVZ). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil

Abstract

The present study aims to analyze qualitative and quantitative parameters of ostriches (Struthio camelus) semen and the time of sperm viability using commercial diluters in poultry industry.The ultraestructural characteristics of sperm cells will be studied. (AU)