The study evaluated the performance of Tris-egg yolk and Citrate-egg-yolk asextenders for freezing ram semen in straws and the integrity of sperm membrane of frozensperm at the National Semen Bank – UNALM, Lima, Peru using six ram semen donors ofthree breeds. The semen was collected in an artificial vagina, diluted with Tris – glucose– quail egg yolk (Tris) or with Citrate – glucose – egg yolk (Citrate), stored in 0.5 mlpellets, and frozen in liquid nitrogen. Thawing was done at 38 ºC for 15 seconds. Inrefrigerated semen, the Progressive Individual Motility (PIM) in diluted semen with Tris was 82.3% and with Citrate was 79.2%, and the integrity of the cytoplasmic membrane(HOST) was 78.0 ± 4.4 with Tris and 73.2 ± 5.8% with Citrate. In thawed semen, PIM was62.0 and 56.8%, and HOST was 49.8 ± 3.9 and 41.3 ± 3.8% for Tris and Citrate respectively,with significant differences ...

The study evaluated the performance of Tris-egg yolk and Citrate-egg-yolk asextenders for freezing ram semen in straws and the integrity of sperm membrane of frozensperm at the National Semen Bank – UNALM, Lima, Peru using six ram semen donors ofthree breeds. The semen was collected in an artificial vagina, diluted with Tris – glucose– quail egg yolk (Tris) or with Citrate – glucose – egg yolk (Citrate), stored in 0.5 mlpellets, and frozen in liquid nitrogen. Thawing was done at 38 ºC for 15 seconds. Inrefrigerated semen, the Progressive Individual Motility (PIM) in diluted semen with Tris was 82.3% and with Citrate was 79.2%, and the integrity of the cytoplasmic membrane(HOST) was 78.0 ± 4.4 with Tris and 73.2 ± 5.8% with Citrate. In thawed semen, PIM was62.0 and 56.8%, and HOST was 49.8 ± 3.9 and 41.3 ± 3.8% for Tris and Citrate respectively,with significant differences ...