Fertility of inactivated ram sperm

H.R. Tervit, R.W. James, P. Shannon and M. Tillot

Ruakura Animal Research Station, Hamilton and N.Z. Dairy Board, Newstead, Hamilton

Proceedings of the New Zealand Society of Animal Production. 1982, 42: 93-94

Ram sperm inactivated by centrifuging through a Ficoll solution were stored for 3 days at room temperature. A high proportion (80%) of the perm was motile after reactivation with a milk diluent but compared to fresh diluted semen, the sperm gave a low pregnancy rate (6% v 60%).

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