PHILLIPS (1939) reported a beneficial effect of egg yolk upon the livability of bull spermatozoa during storage. Since then the yolk of fresh eggs (chickens) has been incorporated as an essential constituent in all the popular bull semen diluents. A number of workers have also used egg yolk and egg white as additives to chicken semen diluents. Munro (1937–1938), Ishikawa (1930), Grodzinski and Marchlewski (1935) and Xumasi (1957) added egg white to a diluent and observed that the diluent maintained good semen motility. Lorenz and Tyler (1951), Smith (1949), and Takeda (1954) obtained similar results with egg yolk added to a diluent. Jasper (1950), however, found that both egg white and egg yolk failed to maintain the motility of spermatozoa in chicken semen. Wilcox (1960) reported a marked lowering in fertility of fowl semen on the addition of egg yolk to a phosphate buffer containing antibiotics. Storage of turkey…
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