Effect of dietary alpha-tocopheryl acetate and ascorbic acid on rabbit semen stored at 5 degrees C. Export

@article{citeulike:4202557, abstract = {The objective of this research was to verify the effects of dietary alpha-tocopheryl acetate (50 vs. 200 mg/kg diet) and ascorbic acid (0 vs. 1 g/L water) on the relative amounts on semen and motion characteristics, oxidative stability and fertilizing ability of rabbit spermatozoa stored for 24 h at 5 degrees C. A high amount of dietary (alpha-tocopheryl acetate significantly increased the level of Vitamin E in the semen (0.90 vs. 0.41 micromol/L) and its oxidative stability after storage (Thiobarbituric Acid Reactive Substances-- TBARS 15.88 vs. 20.90 nmol Malondialdehyde--MDA/mL). Ascorbic acid showed a different effect in relation to the Vitamin E status of animals: when associated with the higher level of Vitamin E it increased the (alpha-tocopherol and the oxidative stability of semen (2.67 micromol/L and 12.25 nmol MDA/mL, respectively), whereas both parameters were reduced with lower Vitamin E (0.13 micromol/L and 21.20 nmol MDA/mL). Semen traits were not modified by the separate supplementation of supranutritional levels of vitamins, whereas their combination significantly improved the viability and the kinetics of spermatozoa (e.g. track speed: 95.13 vs. 71.31 microm sec(-1)) with an increase in fertility rate (70.0 vs. 63.3; P=0.06) that could be considered almost significant.}, author = {Castellini, C. and Lattaioli, P. and Bernardini, M. and Dal Bosco, A.}, citeulike-article-id = {4202557}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0093-691X(00)00367-8}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11071126}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=11071126}, day = {1}, doi = {10.1016/S0093-691X(00)00367-8}, issn = {0093-691X}, journal = {Theriogenology}, keywords = {diet, rabbit, semen, storage, vitamin\_c, vitamin\_e}, month = {September}, number = {4}, pages = {523--533}, posted-at = {2009-03-21 10:37:19}, priority = {2}, title = {Effect of dietary alpha-tocopheryl acetate and ascorbic acid on rabbit semen stored at 5 degrees C.}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0093-691X(00)00367-8}, volume = {54}, year = {2000} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:4202557 L3 - citeulike-article-id:4202557 N2 - The objective of this research was to verify the effects of dietary alpha-tocopheryl acetate (50 vs. 200 mg/kg diet) and ascorbic acid (0 vs. 1 g/L water) on the relative amounts on semen and motion characteristics, oxidative stability and fertilizing ability of rabbit spermatozoa stored for 24 h at 5 degrees C. A high amount of dietary (alpha-tocopheryl acetate significantly increased the level of Vitamin E in the semen (0.90 vs. 0.41 micromol/L) and its oxidative stability after storage (Thiobarbituric Acid Reactive Substances-- TBARS 15.88 vs. 20.90 nmol Malondialdehyde--MDA/mL). Ascorbic acid showed a different effect in relation to the Vitamin E status of animals: when associated with the higher level of Vitamin E it increased the (alpha-tocopherol and the oxidative stability of semen (2.67 micromol/L and 12.25 nmol MDA/mL, respectively), whereas both parameters were reduced with lower Vitamin E (0.13 micromol/L and 21.20 nmol MDA/mL). Semen traits were not modified by the separate supplementation of supranutritional levels of vitamins, whereas their combination significantly improved the viability and the kinetics of spermatozoa (e.g. track speed: 95.13 vs. 71.31 microm sec(-1)) with an increase in fertility rate (70.0 vs. 63.3; P=0.06) that could be considered almost significant. IS - 4 JF - Theriogenology SN - 0093-691X EP - 533 TI - Effect of dietary alpha-tocopheryl acetate and ascorbic acid on rabbit semen stored at 5 degrees C. VL - 54 SP - 523 KW - diet KW - rabbit KW - semen KW - storage KW - vitamin_c KW - vitamin_e AU - Castellini, C AU - Lattaioli, P AU - Bernardini, M AU - Dal Bosco, A PY - 2000/09/01/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0093-691X(00)00367-8 ER -