Not AvailableThe present study was undertaken to assess the effect of bovine serum albumin (BSA)
on sperm motility, viability, total spermabnormality, acrosomal and plasmamembrane integrity.
A total of 30 ejaculates were collected from mithun bulls and semen was split into five equal
aliquots, diluted with the TEYC extender. Group 1: semen without additives (control), group 2 to
group 4: semen was diluted with 5 mg/ml, 10 mg/ml and 20 mg/ml of BSA, respectively. These
seminal parameters were assessed at 5oC for 0, 6, 12, 24 and 30 h of incubation. Inclusion of
BSA into diluent resulted in significant (P <0.05) decrease in percentages of dead spermatozoa,
abnormal spermatozoa and acrosomal abnormalities at different hours of storage periods as
compared with control group.Additionally, BSAat 5mg/ml has significant (p< 0.05) improvement
in quality of semen than BSA at 10 mg/ml and 20 mg/ml stored in in-vitro for up to 30 h. It was
concluded that the possible protective effects of BSA on sperm parameters may be due to the
prevention of lipid peroxidation.Not Availabl
