Viability of Extended Goat Semen Stored at Refrigerated Condition     

Flocerfida Pagador Aquino  Krystel Grace Vergara  Lerma Cajuigan Ocampo  Eufrocina dela Pena Atabay 《农业科学与技术》2014,(2):169-176

Due to the small volume of goat semen ejaculate, just a few doses of goat semen were produced when the sperm concentration is 100 × 10^/mL. The study was aimed to determine the viability of extended goat semen at refrigerated condition at 5 ℃ using varying sperm concentrations and evaluated if sperm concentration lower than 100 × 10^6/mL would affect the motility, viability and sperm morphology at refrigerated condition. Using an artificial vagina, ejaculated goat semen was collected from goat semen donor aged 1.5 year. Physical evaluation of the collected semen showed an average volume of 0.54 mL, mean pH of 6.8 and a milky white color with thick consistency indicative of high concentration. Fresh goat semen had an initial average of 76% with an average initial sperm concentration of 128 × 10^/mL. The semen was divided into four treatments： sperm concentration of 100× 10^/mL, 75 × 10^/mL, 50 × 10^/mL and 25 × 10^/mL, and were stored at 5 ℃ for a period of 10 d. The semen evaluation was performed for each of the four treatments every other day. Results showed that the sperm concentration of spermatozoa affected the duration of storage based on the sperm motility percentage, viability and morphology of spermatozoa. The extended goat semen with sperm concentration of 25 and 50 million sperm/mL is optimal for storage within 6 d that gave satisfactory percentage motile, viable and morphologically normal spermatozoa.  相似文献   

Do corridors promote connectivity for bird-dispersed trees? The case of Persea lingue in Chilean fragmented landscapes     

Christian G. Pérez-Hernández  Pablo M. Vergara  Santiago Saura  Jaime Hernández 《Landscape Ecology》2015,30(1):77-90

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Climate change. Threats to water supplies in the tropical Andes     

Bradley RS  Vuille M  Diaz HF  Vergara W 《Science (New York, N.Y.)》2006,312(5781):1755-1756

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A multicenter retrospective study on cryopreserved amniotic membrane transplantation for the treatment of complicated corneal ulcers in the dog     

Daniel Costa  Marta Leiva  Fernando Sanz  Victoria Espejo  Javier Esteban  Jorge Vergara  Clinio Díaz  Eduardo Huguet  Martí Cair  Jos Ríos  Maria Teresa Pea 《Veterinary ophthalmology》2019,22(5):695-702

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Grass greenness flush can influence breeding phenology and fertility in equatorial thoroughbred mares in the absence of photoperiod variation          下载免费PDF全文

Juan Carranza  Washington A. Yoong  Belén Caño Vergara  Abel Briones  Concha Mateos 《Animal Science Journal》2018,89(6):919-924

Reproductive phenology is an important trait subjected to natural selection. Current horses in America belong to the Palearctic original populations after being introduced by European colonizers. Photoperiod variation is the main environmental factor for the adjustment of reproductive timing in horses, but is absent in equatorial areas. Here we hypothesize that seasonality of green‐grass availability may influence breeding phenology in equatorial regions. We used data of 929 services to mares from 2006 to 2011 in a thoroughbred equine exploitation in Ecuador that experienced strong grass seasonality. Actual births could not be used to infer natural phenology because they were influenced by management decisions. Instead, we used variations in the probability of pregnancy after a service as a measure of the natural tendency of mares to show breeding phenology. We found that although managers tended to schedule pregnancies in two periods within the year, mares were more prone to become pregnant after the increase in grass greenness that takes place at the beginning of the year (February). Our finding has potential applications to improve the success of services and the welfare of animals, by providing green‐grass stimuli in the appropriate season.  相似文献   

水稻对紫外光B辐射增强的生化适应机制   总被引：13，自引：0，他引：13  

黄少白  彭少兵 《作物学报》1998,24(4):464-469

水稻品种１Ｒ６８和Ｄｕｌａｒ生长在室外条件下,在以自然条件（６．０）,１３．０和１９．１ｋＪｍ＾－１ｄａｙ＾－１（分别模拟臭氧浓度下降２０％和４０％时的ＵＶ－Ｂ强度）的紫外光Ｂ（ＵＶ－Ｂ２８０～３２０ｎｍ）进行二周与四周的辐射处理,研究ＵＶ－Ｂ对水稻叶片内一些生化指标的影响,研究结果表明,ＵＶ－Ｂ辐射增强诱导了二个水稻品种对叶片内吸收ＵＶ的类黄酮化俣物的积累,同时使叶片内多胺的含量明显提高,然而,  相似文献   

Protein lipid ratio for the growth and survival of juvenile crayfish Procambarus acanthophorus (Hobbs 1972) reared under controlled conditions     

Enrique Cervantes‐Santiago  Martha P. Hernández‐Vergara  Carlos I. Pérez‐Rostro  Miguel A. Olvera‐Novoa 《Aquaculture Research》2010,41(9):e62-e71

The influence of dietary protein/lipid levels on growth and survival in juvenile crayfish (Procambarus acanthophorus) was evaluated during a 12‐week nutritional trial. Twenty experimental diets were formulated containing different protein (200, 250, 300, 350 and 400 g kg^?1) and lipid (60, 80, 100 and 120 g kg^?1) levels. A bifactorial model (5 × 4) was used with three replicates and 15 crayfish (0.014±0.006 g) per replicate, in a recirculation system with 60–15 L rectangular tanks and a biological filter, the culture conditions were a photoperiod of 12:12 h L:D and temperature 24.7±1.0 °C. Total survival ranged from 66.6% to 86.6%, with no differences attributed to treatments. Dietary protein levels had a significant effect on growth gain and nutritional efficiency; in contrast, lipid levels had no effect on juvenile performance. The 250/120 (protein/lipid) treatment promoted the most efficient growth (final weight: 3.09 g, weight gain: 21 995%, specific growth rate: 3.35% day^?1); the less efficient growth was observed in juveniles fed with 400 g kg^?1 protein diets. The quadratic regression model indicated 279 g kg^?1 as the optimal protein level for crayfish growth, while levels between 211 and 232 g kg^?1 could minimize the feeding costs without affecting growth.  相似文献   

Direct genetic, maternal genetic, and heterozygosity effects on weaning weight in a Colombian multibreed beef cattle population     

Vergara OD  Ceron-Muñoz MF  Arboleda EM  Orozco Y  Ossa GA 《Journal of animal science》2009,87(2):516-521

The (co)variance components of BW at weaning (WW) were estimated for a Colombian multibreed beef cattle population. A single-trait animal model was used. The model included the fixed effect of contemporary group (sex, season, and year), and covariates including age of calf at weaning, age of cow, individual and maternal heterozygosity proportions, and breed percentage. Direct genetic, maternal genetic, permanent environmental, and residual effects were included as random effects. Direct, maternal, and total heritabilities were 0.23 +/- 0.047, 0.15 +/- 0.041, and 0.19, respectively. The genetic correlation between direct and maternal effects was -0.42 +/- 0.131, indicating that there may be antagonism among genes for growth and genes for maternal ability, which in turn suggests that improving WW by direct and maternal EPD may be difficult. A greater value for the direct heterosis effect compared with the maternal heterosis effect was found. Furthermore, the greater the proportion of Angus, Romosinuano, and Blanco Orejinegro breeds, the less the WW.  相似文献   

Stilbene levels in grape cane of different cultivars in southern Chile: determination by HPLC-DAD-MS/MS method     

Vergara C  von Baer D  Mardones C  Wilkens A  Wernekinck K  Damm A  Macke S  Gorena T  Winterhalter P 《Journal of agricultural and food chemistry》2012,60(4):929-933

Health benefits of trans-resveratrol and other stilbenes in grapes, must, and wine have been pointed out by numerous authors. Less attention has been paid to the presence of stilbene derivatives in viticultural residues, such as grape canes. The present work reports the first results of a systematic study of stilbene levels in different grape varieties and cultivation areas in Chile, to evaluate their potential as an alternative source of bioactive stilbenes. In all cane samples, the predominant stilbene is trans-resveratrol, followed by ε-viniferin and piceatannol. In canes of Pinot noir up to 5590 ± 172 mg kg(-1) of trans-resveratrol and up to 6915 ± 175 mg kg(-1) of total stilbenes were detected. The observed concentrations of stilbenes in canes of Pinot noir from southern Chile until now are higher than those reported previously for this red variety. However, the highest concentration of total stilbenes observed in the analyzed samples was in the canes of white variety Gewürztraminer with 7857 ± 498 mg kg(-1). Preliminary results indicate that these levels can evolve if canes are left for some months on the vineyard after pruning, observing an increase during the first 2 months and a decrease after this period.  相似文献   

Performance and meat quality traits of beef heifers fed with two levels of concentrate and ruminally undegradable protein     

Duarte Mde S  Paulino PV  Valadares Filho Sde C  Paulino MF  Detmann E  Zervoudakis JT  Monnerat JP  Viana Gda S  Silva LH  Serão NV 《Tropical animal health and production》2011,43(4):877-886

The effects of two levels of concentrate and ruminally undegradable protein (RUP) on performance, intake, digestibility, carcass characteristics, meat quality traits, and commercial cuts yield were assessed. Twenty crossbred heifers (240 kg average body weight) were used. At the beginning of the trial, four animals were slaughtered as reference group and the 16 remaining animals were randomly assigned to four treatments, in a 2 × 2 factorial design: two levels of concentrate (40% and 80%, dry matter (DM) basis) and two levels of RUP (48.79% and 27.19% of CP). At the end of the trial, all the animals were slaughtered. There was no interaction (P > 0.05) between concentrate and RUP levels. Dry matter intake and nutrients digestibility was not affected (P > 0.05) by RUP level. Heifers fed the highest RUP level had greater (P < 0.05) average daily gain (ADG). Concentrate level did not affect (P > 0.05) DMI and ADG. Heifers fed diets with 80% concentrate had greater intake of TDN and EE, and lower intake of NDF (P < 0.05). The digestibilities of all nutrients, except the NDF, were greater (P < 0.05) for the 80% concentrate diets. The RUP levels did not affect (P > 0.05) the carcass characteristics and carcass gain composition. Heifers fed 80% concentrate diets had larger (P < 0.05) longissimus muscle area and lower gain of bones (P < 0.05). Concentrate level did not affect (P > 0.05) the composition of carcass gain. There was no effect (P > 0.05) of RUP and concentrate levels on meat quality traits and commercial cut yields.  相似文献