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IJAR

19(

1), 1998;

62-63

Studies

on sexual

behaviour

and

seminal

quality

characteristics

of

Surti butfalo bulls

and

their

interrelationships.

G.N. PUROHIT,

BACHCHU

SINGH,

S.K.

\^/AS

AND

S.B.S.

YADAV

All

India

Coordinated

Research

Project

on

Butfaloes

Livestock

Research

Station,

Vallabhnagar,

Udaipur.

RAJASTIIAN.

ABSTRACT

Sexual

behaviour

and

semen

quality

was

studied

in

four

Surti

butfalo

bulls

for

a

oeriod

of

four

months.

The

overall

mean

values

of libioo

score,

service

behaviour,

reaction

time,

flehmen

response

(percent

-

per

ejaculate),

dismounting

time, munting stimulus (percent

per

ejaculate)

were

76.53t3.12/",

62.24t2.12o,,",

108.6t6.20

seconds,

87.757o.

5.63t0.36

seconds

and 59

18%

respectively

The

overall

mean

values

of

semen

quality

were semen

volume

2.22tO.1 1ml,

mass

activity

+3.48r0.19,

sperm

motility 72.45t2.22/o,

sperm

concentration

941.O2

28.32

x106

sperms/ml

and

percent

live

sperms

77.O4

t2.08

respectivety.

The

analysis

of

variance

showed

that

the semen

quality

characteristics

did not

differ

between

the

bulls

and between

the

months

studied.

Llbido

score

was significantly

positively

correlated

(P

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the

four

months studied

(July-October)

observed

were

statistically non-significant

indicating

that

neither

the

months

nor the

except the

correlation between

libido

score

individual

bull had any

effect on the

semen

and

semen

volume

which

was

significant

quality

of

Surli buffalo

bulls.

This

finding

(P