The reproductive capacity of poultry birds (cocks) is greatly influenced by the quality oftheir semen, and it is impossible to overestimate the significance of semen evaluation inpoultry breeding for the selection of breeding males or continuous monitoring of theirreproductive performance. Based on body weight, Sasso cocks may be worth consideringin any breeding program. The massaging technique, however, could be challenging toperform when gathering semen due to its size. The purpose of this study was to evaluate thesemen quality characteristics concerning the time and body weight of twelve (12) Sassococks that were reared intensively for twenty-four (24) weeks. Through examination of thesemen and microscopical analysis of motility, sperm concentration, sperm morphology,body weight, life-to-dead ratio, active motility, pH, and glucose concentration, the featuresof the semen were evaluated. After two weeks of the experiment, the cocks were dividedinto three (3) groups, T1R1, T2R2, and T3R3, which correspond to treatments I, II, and III.Semen was then extracted utilizing the abdominal massage technique. Another set of 4 eachof Sasso hens and local hens were used as teasers in T2 and T3, respectively. The studygroups did not differ statistically (P<0.05) except for semen volume, total semen count, andresponse time to semen collection. Because the Sasso cock breeds are readily available tofarmers, they responded well to the use of teaser hens in semen collection, and the qualitiesof the spermatozoa and semen appeared to be unaffected, they are suggested for semen production to lower the costs of importing more exotic breeds for breeding programs.
Chorio et al. (Wed,) studied this question.