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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1999-11-24
pubmed:abstractText
One-hundred-and-twenty cockerels of Strain L2 Taiwan Country chicken from the National Chung-Hsing University were tested for their behavioural responses to semen collection at 21 to 30, 34 to 43 and 57 to 66 weeks of age. At every age period, semen was collected from every cockerel 4 times within a 1-week period. 2. Cockerel performances on most semen traits, including volume, concentration, total number of sperm, ease of collection and sensitivity to massage were very consistent within each age period. 3. Males that did not respond nervously to handling or were less sensitive to massage appeared to produce less semen. However, contamination was more serious in males that responded very nervously or were very sensitive to massage. 4. Sensitivity to massage, like semen volume, is an invariant character as indicated by the high correlation between measures taken at different age periods.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0007-1668
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
40
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
317-22
pubmed:dateRevised
2003-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1999
pubmed:articleTitle
Behavioural responses of cockerels to semen collection and their influence on semen characteristics.
pubmed:affiliation
National Chung-Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article