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CRYOPRESERVATION OF CHICKEN SEMEN OF INBRED OR SPECIALIZED STRAINS.

Author(s) : BACON L. D.

Type of article: Article

Summary

POOLED SEMEN FROM SEVERAL INBRED SPECIAL CHICKEN STRAINS WAS DILUTED WITHSOLUTIONS CONTAINING GLYCEROL OR DIMETHYLACETAMIDE AS A CRYOPROTECTANT, FROZEN AT 3 K/MIN TO 238 K (-35 DEG C) AND STORED IN A NITROGEN VAPOUR TANK. ONE VIAL OF THAWED SEMEN WAS USED TO INSEMINATE 4 HENS BY INTRAVAGINAL, INTRAUTERINE, OR INTRAMAGNAL PROCEDURES. FROZEN SEMEN OF ONE STRAIN STORED FOR 29 WEEKS PRODUCED 12 TO 14 CHICKS PER VIAL WHEN INSEMINATED INTO 4 HENS. THIS METHOD, THEREFORE, WILL RELIABLY RESCUE GENE POOLS FROM SEMEN AFTER LONG-TERM STORAGE.

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  • Original title: CRYOPRESERVATION OF CHICKEN SEMEN OF INBRED OR SPECIALIZED STRAINS.
  • Record ID : 1987-1203
  • Languages: English
  • Source: Br. Poult. Sci. - vol. 65 - n. 10
  • Publication date: 1986
  • Document available for consultation in the library of the IIR headquarters only.

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