?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Validation+of+the+polysemen+admixture+on+viability+and+acrosomal+morphology+of+boar+spermatozoa&rft.creator=Ogbuewu%2C+IP&rft.creator=Umesiobi%2C+DO&rft.creator=Okoli%2C+IC&rft.creator=Okoro%2C+VM&rft.subject=Online+Journal+of+Health+and+Allied+Sciences&rft.description=Semen+were+collected+using+artificial+vagina+(AV)%2C+from+5+large+white+boars+aged+2-2.5+years+twice+a+week+for+16+weeks+in+each+of+the+two+seasons%2C+early+rainy+(ER)+and+late+rainy+(LR)+seasons%2C+to+determine+the+effects+of+multiple+semen+pool+admixture+on+the+viability+and+acrosomal+morphology.+The+semen+qualities+studied+were+sperm+motility%2C+live+sperm+and+sperm+concentration%2C+while+the+acrosomal+parameters+includes+normal+apical+ridge+(NAR)%2C+damaged+apical+ridge+(DAR)%2C+missing+apical+ridge+(MAR)+and+loose+apical+ridge+(LAC).+There+were+no+significant+(P%3E0.05)+seasonal+effects.+Three-boar+semen+admixture+gave+the+highest+percentage+NAR%2C+motility%2C+live+sperm+concentration+and+least+DAR+and+LAC%2C+although+these+were+not+significantly+(P%3E0.05)+different+from+the+2-boar+semen+admixture.+The+result+of+this+study+suggests+that+3-boar+semen+admixture+is+most+suitable+for+use+in+artificial+insemination+program.&rft.publisher=Dr.+B.S.+Kakkilaya&rft.contributor=Kakkilaya%2C+Dr.+Srinivas&rft.date=2007-07-17&rft.type=Journal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F5715%2F1%2F2007-1-3.pdf&rft.identifier=++Ogbuewu%2C+IP+and+Umesiobi%2C+DO+and+Okoli%2C+IC+and+Okoro%2C+VM++(2007)+Validation+of+the+polysemen+admixture+on+viability+and+acrosomal+morphology+of+boar+spermatozoa.++%5BJournal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F5715%2F