Abstract

Generally cervical mucus penetration test (CMPT) have been used for assessment of semen quality. In this study, a simplified CMPT was applied to evaluate quality of cervical mucus of cows in estrus using semen of proven fertility. Viscosity, pH, spinnbarkeit, cellularity, crystallization and penetration, were measured. A significant positive linear correlation was found between sperm concentration [Sp] detected in mucus after CMPT and the quality of each mucus samples according to physical characteristics. Comparing [Sp] values of cyclic cows with those of pathologic ones, we obtained higher [Sp] for cyclic cows respect to the pathologic cows. The evaluation of [Sp] could be useful to improve the diagnostic framework of bovine fertility.

Autore Pugliese

• Lacalandra Giovanni Michele

Tutti gli autori

• LACALANDRA G.M.

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2012

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978-88-907328-0-5

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