Volume: 55 Issue: 2
Year: 2024, Page: 471-477, Doi: https://doi.org/10.51966/jvas.2024.55.2.471-477
Received: Jan. 20, 2024 Accepted: Feb. 28, 2024 Published: June 30, 2024
The study was undertaken to evaluate the effect of GnRH analogue, buserelin, on the semen quality of subfertile male dogs. Six male dogs between two and seven years of age with a history of subfertility presented for breeding soundness evaluation (BSE) at the University Veterinary Hospital, Kokkalai were selected for the study. A comprehensive BSE with emphasis on previous six month breeding history and current semen quality was performed for all animals to confirm subfertility. Estimation of libido score, serum testosterone and semen evaluation parameters viz., volume and pH of sperm-rich fraction, sperm progressive motility, concentration, viability, abnormality, HOS response and alkaline phosphatase (ALP) in seminal plasma of spermrich fraction of each of the subfertile dogs was performed before (Day 0) and after treatment (Days 60 and 90). The animals were treated with intramuscular administration of buserelin at the rate of 10 µg per dog, weekly once, for six weeks. Significant improvement was observed in libido score, serum testosterone levels and all the semen parameters except semen pH on Day 60. However, there was a moderate decline in the aforementioned parameters except semen volume on Day 90.
Keywords: GnRH analogue, buserelin, Subfertile, BSE, ALP
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Ananthapadmanabhan, T.P., Shibu, S., Jayakumar, C., Hiron, M.H. and Beena, V. 2024. Effect of GnRH analogue, buserelin acetate, on semen quality of subfertile male dogs. J. Vet. Anim. Sci. 55(2):471-477
DOI: https://doi.org/10.51966/jvas.2024.55.2.471-477