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. 2021 Jan 8;53(1):103.
doi: 10.1007/s11250-020-02499-w.

Effect of adding different concentrations of L-arginine to Tris-yolk extender on the quality of sub-fertile ejaculates in buffalo

Mohamed M Hegazy  1 , Abd El-Aziz M Sakr  1 , Ayman H Abd El-Aziz  2 , Ayman A Swelum  3   4
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Effect of adding different concentrations of L-arginine to Tris-yolk extender on the quality of sub-fertile ejaculates in buffalo

Mohamed M Hegazy et al. Trop Anim Health Prod. .

Abstract

To investigate the effect of supplementation of L-arginine (AR) on sub-fertile buffalo-bulls' ejaculates, 25 ejaculates of poor motility (40 to 55%) were collected by artificial vagina from 5 buffalo-bulls and extended with Tris-yolk extender (1:10) supplemented with different concentrations of AR (0, 3, 4, 5, and 6 mM). Semen was cooled gradually to 4 °C within 2 h and incubated at 4 °C for additional 2 h. Incubated semen samples were evaluated by computer-assisted semen analysis. Results showed that addition of 5 mM AR increased (P < 0.05) total sperm motility and rapid progressive motility percentages, while decreased (P < 0.05) non-motile sperm and static sperm percentages compared with AR-free (control) extender. Increasing the AR level to 6 mM increased (P < 0.05) the percentages of sperm progressive motility and rapid and slow progressive motilities, while decreased (P < 0.05) the non-progressive sperm motility percentages compared with AR-free extender. Supplementation of 5 mM AR improved (P < 0.05) sperm straight linear, curve linear, and average path velocities (36 ± 0.13, 20.6 ± 5.3, and 33.2 ± 8.5, respectively) in comparing with control and other AR treatments. Addition of AR (5 and 6 mM) improved (P < 0.05) the percentages of vitality (89.8 ± 1.9 and 80.0 ± 3.4, respectively), normality (44.3 ± 3.6 and 44.8 ± 1.5, respectively), and functional sperm (20.4 ± 8.6 and 21.0 ± 0.61, respectively), and decreased abnormal neck and tail percentages compared with AR-free extender. All AR levels decreased (P < 0.05) the abnormal neck and tail percentages. Addition of all AR levels had no significant (P > 0.05) effect on the activity of aspartate aminotransferase, alanine aminotransferase, and lactate dehydrogenase in semen extender. Supplementation of Tris-yolk extender with L-arginine (5 or 6 mM) can improve sperm motility, velocity, vitality, and functional sperm and can decrease tail and neck abnormalities of sub-fertile buffalo ejaculate after 4 h incubation at cool temperature.

Keywords: Arginine; Buffalo; CASA; Poor semen; Sperm; Subfertility.

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