Animal Production, Jurnal Produksi Ternak, Vol 9, No 1 (2007)

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Manfaat Lesitin Nabati pada Preservasi dan Kriopreservasi Semen: Suatu Kajian Pustaka

Achmad Selamet Aku, Natsir Sandiah, Petrus Dominggus Sadsoeitoeboen, Muhamad Rizal Amin, Herdis Herdis

Abstract


Artificial insemination represents one of technologies in livestock reproduction that can be applied to cattle,
sheep, goats and other livestock. Application of livestock reproduction technology includes artificial insemination to
increase reproductive efficiency. Semen processing is one critical phase in an artificial insemination program. The use of
animal origin ingredient for semen extenders, such as egg yolk and milk, presents a risk of microbial contamination, which
lead to the search for alternatives. To increase standard of quality, researchers exploits phyto-lecithin for semen extender
and the results showed no significant differences in motility, viability, and acrosomal status of spermatozoa with phytolecithin
extender when compared to tris-egg yolk-containing extenders.

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