Avaliação andrológica em caprinos idosos analisando os principais parâmetros aplicados à conservação de sêmen

• Autor(a) principal: Farias, Elton Magno
• Data de Publicação: 2019
• Tipo de documento: Trabalho de conclusão de curso
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC)
• Texto Completo: http://www.repositorio.ufc.br/handle/riufc/46376
• topic: Caprinos; Conservação genética; Exame andrológico

The present study aimed to perform an andrological examination and the seminal parameters of elderly transgenic goats as part of the activities performed in the compulsory supervised internship. The activities were performed at the laboratory of physiology and control of reproduction, at UECE, from March to May 2019. Two goats of Canindé breed were used, which despite the advanced age, are valuable genotype animals, not only in racial patterns, but also because they are transgenic. An andrological evaluation of these individuals was performed seeking to analyze whether they were still suitable for reproduction. Therefore, semen harvests were performed, with the use of artificial vagina, and subsequent verification of the main test parameters, such as libido, volume, color, aspect, mass motility and spermatic concentration. Observing the results, it was evident that these animals, despite their age, managed to mean being within the normal pattern obtained in the species, although with some problems in some respects, especially with regard to libido, being still possible to use of semen for reproduction. The activities developed at this stage enabled the necessary practical knowledge about the application of the andrological examination and analysis of the seminal parameters that attested the suitability of elderly transgenic goats for the production or for the conservation of Genetic material.