Abstract
THE increased and almost universal use of artificial insemination procedures for turkeys emphasises the need for semen transport and hence short term storage. Brown (1966) showed that holding turkey semen for two hours at 15°C. gave consistent but non-significant decreases in fertility, however, Harper (1955) observed that decreased fertility from semen held for more than one hour at 15°C. became more pronounced as the breeding season progressed.A review of differential staining techniques by Hackett and Macpherson (1965) included discussions of eosin nigrosin and congo red-nigrosin for the sperm of mammalian species. Reports of comparisons of staining techniques on sperm in avian species have not been found in the literature by the authors.The present studies were undertaken with the objectives to compare three staining techniques on avian sperm, select one of these stains to measure live:dead sperm ratios of turkey semen under different collection and storage temperatures and to…
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