In Vitro Embryo Production of Doe Rabbits Administrated with Aqueous Garlic Extract | ||
| Journal of Sustainable Agricultural and Environmental Sciences | ||
| Volume 2, Issue 2, April 2023, Pages 32-45 PDF (377.37 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original research paper | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/jsaes.2023.200805.1029 | ||
| Authors | ||
| sherif A Gabr1; Wael Nagy2; Hassan Galal3 | ||
| 11Department of Animal Production, Faculty of Agriculture, Tanta University, Egypt | ||
| 2Animal Production Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center, Giza, Egypt. | ||
| 3Department of Animal Production, Faculty of Agriculture, Tanta University, Egypt | ||
| Abstract | ||
| The aim of the present work was evaluating the effect of daily oral administration of aqueous garlic extract, AGE (5 and 10 mg/kg LBW) for 30-day pre-mating on ovarian activity, and in vitro maturation and fertilization of rabbit does. Rabbit does (n=30) were allocated into three experimental groups (10/group), does in the 1st group (G1) were orally treated with distilled water (2 ml), while, those in the 2nd and 3rd groups were orally treated with 5 mg AGE/kg LBW (G2) or 10 mg AGE/kg LBW (G3) dissolved in 2 ml distilled water. Does were daily administrated before morning feeding for 30 days as a treatment period. Results indicated insignificant effect of AGE on LBW but absolute or relative ovarian weights were higher (P<0.05) by 31.6 and 36.7% in G2 and G3 compared with G1. AGE administration increased (P<0.05) large follicles number, yield, recovery rate, and quality of oocytes, the percentage of embryos at morula stages. Daily oral administration of 10 mg aqueous garlic extract/kg LBW pre-mating improved ovarian activity, and both in vitro maturation and fertilization of rabbit does. This can be used as a tool for in vitro embryo production in rabbits with different breeds or lines. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Evaporative cooling; Passive cooling; Cooling effectiveness; Cooling pads | ||
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