Supplementation of antioxidant BHT to different bull semen extenders enhances semen quality after chilling

• Main Authors: Mada, Khumran Armiya'u, Degu, Nurhusien Yimer, Yusoff, Rosnina, Omar, Mohamed Ariff, Haron, Abd Wahid, Kaka, Asmatullah, Ebrahimi, Mahdi, Aliyu, Abdulrasheed Bello
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universiti Putra Malaysia Press 2017
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/51626/1/10-JTAS-0881-2016-5thProof.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/51626/; http://www.pertanika.upm.edu.my/Pertanika%20PAPERS/JTAS%20Vol.%2040%20(1)%20Feb.%202017/10-JTAS-0881-2016-5thProof.pdf
• Institution: Universiti Putra Malaysia

The effects of adding various concentrations of antioxidant, butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT) on chilled bull semen for 72 h at 4°C in Bioxcell® (BX), Tris egg-yolk- (TEY) and citrate egg-yolk- (CEY) based semen extenders were studied. Twenty-two ejaculates collected from three bulls, each extended us...