Semen quality in white leghorn chicken selected for egg production traits

Authors : Shanmugam MURUGESAN, Niranjan MATAM, Rakesh KULKARNI

Pages : 747-749

Doi:10.3906/tar-1206-56

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Publication Date : 0000-00-00

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :The present study was conducted to evaluate the effect of selection for egg production traits in White Leghorn chicken based upon the semen quality. Males of 3 pure lines of White Leghorn, namely IWH, IWI, and IWK, along with a pedigree random-bred control insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(IWC); population, were selected and housed in individual cages. The semen collected from individual birds was evaluated for different physical and biochemical parameters. There was significant insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(P =< 0.013); difference in semen quality parameters studied between the lines. High egg-producing lines IWH and IWI had poor semen quality in comparison with that of the control line insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(IWC);. Thus, it can be concluded that selection for higher egg production affects the semen quality of males in the selected lines.
Keywords : Key words White leghorn, semen, selection