Biologic parameters of polar fox (Alopex lagopus L.) semen during the breeding season

• Main Authors: STASIAK, KAROLINA, JANICKI, BOGDAN, KUPCEWICZ, BOGUMILA
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: TÜBİTAK Academic Journals 2010
• Subjects: Animal Sciences; Veterinary Medicine; Alopex lagopus; polar fox
• Online Access: https://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/veterinary/vol34/iss4/3; https://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2281&context=veterinary

The aim of this work was to evaluate the biologic properties of polar fox (Alopex lagopus L.) semen collected during the reproductive season. In 126 ejaculates manually collected from 18 foxes at 10- to 12-day intervals, semen parameters (such as the sperm concentration, volume, pH, sperm morphology, and activity of acid and alkaline phosphatase) were determined. The seminal plasma acid and alkaline phosphatase activity correlated positively with the sperm concentration (r = 0.5676; r = 0.6302; P < 0.01) and negatively with the ejaculate volume (r = -0.3456; r = -0.2783, P < 0.01). A significant correlation also existed between acid and alkaline phosphatase activity (r = 0.7043, P < 0.01).