ArticleAnimal bioscience2023
Increasing sperm production and improving cryosurvival of semen in aged Thai native roosters as affected by selenium supplementation.
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- Comparative Variation and Associations Among Seminal Microbiota, Oxidative Status, and Semen Quality in Different Rooster Types.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2026Article
- Enhanced Sperm Quality in Aged Broiler Breeder Roosters with Organic Selenium and Selenium Nanoparticles: A Comparative Bioavailability Study.Biological trace element research · 2025Article
- Determining the priority semen characteristics and appropriate age for genetic improvement in Thai native roosters.PloS one · 2025Article
- The effect of supplementing rosemary essential oil and selenium yeast in the diet on sperm parameters and antioxidant activity of semen in older broiler breeder roosters.Iranian journal of veterinary research · 2025Article
- Enhancement of cryopreserved rooster semen and fertility potential after oral administration of Thai ginger (Kaempferia parviflora) extract in Thai native chickens.Animal bioscience · 2024Article
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Abstract
objectiveAging roosters typically exhibit subfertility with decreasing semen quality, furthermore Thai native roosters reared in rural areas are raised for a longer duration than their usual lifespan. The present study therefore aimed to assess the effect of selenium supplementation as an antioxidative substance in diets to improve the semen cryopreservation of aged roosters.
methodsSemen samples were collected from young (n = 20) and aged (n = 20) Thai native roosters (Pradu Hang Dum) at 36 and 105 weeks of age when starting the experiment, respectively. They were fed diets either non-supplemented or supplemented with selenium (0.75 ppm). Fresh semen quality and lipid peroxidation of fresh semen was evaluated before cryopreservation using the traditional liquid nitrogen vapor method. Post-thaw sperm quality and fertility potential were determined.
resultsAdvancing age is unrelated to decreasing fresh semen quality (p>0.05). However, lipid peroxidation in rooster semen depended on age, and the malondialdehyde (MDA) concentration increased in aged roosters (p<0.05). Selenium supplementation in diets significantly decreased the MDA concentration and increased the sperm concentration (p<0.05). In contrast, cryopreserved semen was affected by advancing rooster age, and selenium influenced sperm quality (p<0.05). Younger roosters had higher post-thaw sperm quality and fertility potential than aged roosters (p<0.05). Likewise, diet selenium supplements improved post-thaw sperm quality and fertility compared with the non-supplement group.
conclusionRooster's age does not influence the rooster sperm quality of fresh semen, while sperm cryotolerance and fertility were greater in young roosters than in aged roosters. However, sperm of aged roosters could be improved by dietary selenium supplementation.
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