Improvements in semen quality, sperm fatty acids, and reproductive performance in aged Cobb 500 breeder roosters fed diets containing dried ginger rhizomes (Zingiber officinale)

Poultry Science

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1236-1243

  Akhlaghi, A ^a   Ahangari, Y Jafari ^b   Navidshad, B ^c   Pirsaraei, Z Ansari ^d   Zhandi, M ^e   Deldar, H ^d   Rezvani, M R ^a   Dadpasand, M ^a   Hashemi, S R ^b   Poureslami, R ^f   Peebles, E D ^g  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b GORGAN UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MOHAGHEGH ARDABILI   (Iran)

^d SARI AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^f Kerry Ingredients   (United States)

^g MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

aging; fertility; semen; sperm fatty acid; sperm penetration

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; FATTY ACID;

AGING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CHICKEN; DIET; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GINGER; MALE; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; REPRODUCTION; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM; SPERM FATTY ACID; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON PENETRATION; TIME;

AGING; FERTILITY; SEMEN; SPERM FATTY ACID; SPERM PENETRATION;

AGING; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CHICKENS; DIET; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FATTY ACIDS; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; GINGER; MALE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; REPRODUCTION; SEMEN; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOA; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84899981637     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: 15253171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3382/ps.2013-03617     Document Type: Article

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