Libido And Sperm Production In Chinchilla Rabbit Bucks Fed Different Combinations Of Panicum Maximum, Calapogonium Mucunoides And Concentrate
Abstract
Twenty- four
(24) sexually mature (Chinchilla) rabbit bucks were used to evaluate the effect
of feeding different combination of Panicum maximum, Calapogonium mucunoides
and concentrate on the libido and sperm production in rabbit bucks. The Panicum
maximum was fed to the rabbits bucks as fellows Tl 50%, T2 50%, T3 35% & T4
30%, Calapogonium was fed as follows Tl 50%, T2 45%, T3 55% & T4 55% while
the concentrate was as follows TI 0%, T2 5%, T3 10% and T4 15% and semen samples
were collected and analyzed. Results obtained showed that there was significant
difference (P < 0.05) between the treatments on the semen concentration.
Semen concentration tended to increase in the rate of concentrate inclusion in
the rabbit diet, with T4 having the highest value of (275x10) and TI has the
lowest value of (241x10") sperm motility values obtained were recorded as
66.67%, 61.67%, 71.67 % and 73.33% for Tl, T2, T3 and T4 respectively. Sperm
live proportion was 76.00% for Tl, 77.33% for T2 while T3 was 81.33% and T4 was
80.33% . The following values were recorded for sperm volume 0.63ml for Tl, T2
is 0.60ml, T3 0.73ml and 0.80ml for T4 while abnormal sperm was 2.33%, 1.67%,
1.03% and 1.03% for Tl,T2,T3 and T4 respectively . For the growth parameters T3
and T4 were seen to be significantly (P < 0. 05) lower than T2 but similar
to Tl values. It was finally concluded from this study that concentrate is good
for rabbit bucks as it increases their libido performance and so it is
recommended that concentrate should be given to the breeding bucks at the rate
of 15% of dietary dry matter on daily basis so as to improve their reproductive
performance
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OKECHUKWU, J (2022). Libido And Sperm Production In Chinchilla Rabbit Bucks Fed Different Combinations Of Panicum Maximum, Calapogonium Mucunoides And Concentrate. Repository.mouau.edu.ng: Retrieved Apr 29, 2024, from https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/libido-and-sperm-production-in-chinchilla-rabbit-bucks-fed-different-combinations-of-panicum-maximum-calapogonium-mucunoides-and-concentrate-7-2
JOHN, OKECHUKWU. "Libido And Sperm Production In Chinchilla Rabbit Bucks Fed Different Combinations Of Panicum Maximum, Calapogonium Mucunoides And Concentrate" Repository.mouau.edu.ng. Repository.mouau.edu.ng, 07 Nov. 2022, https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/libido-and-sperm-production-in-chinchilla-rabbit-bucks-fed-different-combinations-of-panicum-maximum-calapogonium-mucunoides-and-concentrate-7-2. Accessed 29 Apr. 2024.
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JOHN, OKECHUKWU. "Libido And Sperm Production In Chinchilla Rabbit Bucks Fed Different Combinations Of Panicum Maximum, Calapogonium Mucunoides And Concentrate" Repository.mouau.edu.ng (2022). Accessed 29 Apr. 2024. https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/libido-and-sperm-production-in-chinchilla-rabbit-bucks-fed-different-combinations-of-panicum-maximum-calapogonium-mucunoides-and-concentrate-7-2