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The Impact of Rumen-Protected L-Arginine Oral Supplementation on Libido, Semen Quality, Reproductive Organ Biometry, and Serum Biochemical Parameters of Rams

This study aimed to investigate the effect of oral supplementation of rumen-protected L-arginine on semen quality, testes, and accessory genital glands biometry in rams. Ten apparently healthy and fertile rams were randomly divided into two equal groups; control, and rumen-protected L-arginine (20 m...

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Autores principales: Hussein, Hassan A., Hassaneen, Ahmed S. A., Ali, Montaser E., Sindi, Ramya A., Ashour, Abdallah M., Fahmy, Salem M., Swelum, Ayman A., Ahmed, Ahmed E.
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Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9263849/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35812886
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2022.899434
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author Hussein, Hassan A.
Hassaneen, Ahmed S. A.
Ali, Montaser E.
Sindi, Ramya A.
Ashour, Abdallah M.
Fahmy, Salem M.
Swelum, Ayman A.
Ahmed, Ahmed E.
author_facet Hussein, Hassan A.
Hassaneen, Ahmed S. A.
Ali, Montaser E.
Sindi, Ramya A.
Ashour, Abdallah M.
Fahmy, Salem M.
Swelum, Ayman A.
Ahmed, Ahmed E.
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description This study aimed to investigate the effect of oral supplementation of rumen-protected L-arginine on semen quality, testes, and accessory genital glands biometry in rams. Ten apparently healthy and fertile rams were randomly divided into two equal groups; control, and rumen-protected L-arginine (20 mg/Kg body weight for 30 days) treated group. In all rams, ultrasonographic measurements of the testes and the accessory genital glands and blood sampling were performed at day (D)10, D20, and D30 (D0 is the start of supplementation). Semen ejaculates were collected twice/week and semen quantity, and quality was examined. Our results showed that, in the L-arginine treated group, there were significant increase in the ultrasound biometric measurement of right seminal vesicle (RSV) and right Cowper's gland (RCG) at D10, both testes, tail of the epididymis (TE), SV, and CG of both sides at D20, and of both testes, RTE, RSV, RCG, and LSV at D30. Semen quality and quantity parameters were significantly improved in L-arginine treated group. Moreover, testosterone level in the L-arginine treated group was significantly higher than that in the Control group. Serum thyroxine and glutathione peroxidase concentrations were significantly higher in the L-arginine treated group. The present study concluded that oral supplementation with rumen-protected L-arginine is beneficial in improvement of rams' fertility.
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spelling pubmed-92638492022-07-09 The Impact of Rumen-Protected L-Arginine Oral Supplementation on Libido, Semen Quality, Reproductive Organ Biometry, and Serum Biochemical Parameters of Rams Hussein, Hassan A. Hassaneen, Ahmed S. A. Ali, Montaser E. Sindi, Ramya A. Ashour, Abdallah M. Fahmy, Salem M. Swelum, Ayman A. Ahmed, Ahmed E. Front Vet Sci Veterinary Science This study aimed to investigate the effect of oral supplementation of rumen-protected L-arginine on semen quality, testes, and accessory genital glands biometry in rams. Ten apparently healthy and fertile rams were randomly divided into two equal groups; control, and rumen-protected L-arginine (20 mg/Kg body weight for 30 days) treated group. In all rams, ultrasonographic measurements of the testes and the accessory genital glands and blood sampling were performed at day (D)10, D20, and D30 (D0 is the start of supplementation). Semen ejaculates were collected twice/week and semen quantity, and quality was examined. Our results showed that, in the L-arginine treated group, there were significant increase in the ultrasound biometric measurement of right seminal vesicle (RSV) and right Cowper's gland (RCG) at D10, both testes, tail of the epididymis (TE), SV, and CG of both sides at D20, and of both testes, RTE, RSV, RCG, and LSV at D30. Semen quality and quantity parameters were significantly improved in L-arginine treated group. Moreover, testosterone level in the L-arginine treated group was significantly higher than that in the Control group. Serum thyroxine and glutathione peroxidase concentrations were significantly higher in the L-arginine treated group. The present study concluded that oral supplementation with rumen-protected L-arginine is beneficial in improvement of rams' fertility. Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-06-24 /pmc/articles/PMC9263849/ /pubmed/35812886 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2022.899434 Text en Copyright © 2022 Hussein, Hassaneen, Ali, Sindi, Ashour, Fahmy, Swelum and Ahmed. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
spellingShingle Veterinary Science
Hussein, Hassan A.
Hassaneen, Ahmed S. A.
Ali, Montaser E.
Sindi, Ramya A.
Ashour, Abdallah M.
Fahmy, Salem M.
Swelum, Ayman A.
Ahmed, Ahmed E.
The Impact of Rumen-Protected L-Arginine Oral Supplementation on Libido, Semen Quality, Reproductive Organ Biometry, and Serum Biochemical Parameters of Rams
title The Impact of Rumen-Protected L-Arginine Oral Supplementation on Libido, Semen Quality, Reproductive Organ Biometry, and Serum Biochemical Parameters of Rams
title_full The Impact of Rumen-Protected L-Arginine Oral Supplementation on Libido, Semen Quality, Reproductive Organ Biometry, and Serum Biochemical Parameters of Rams
title_fullStr The Impact of Rumen-Protected L-Arginine Oral Supplementation on Libido, Semen Quality, Reproductive Organ Biometry, and Serum Biochemical Parameters of Rams
title_full_unstemmed The Impact of Rumen-Protected L-Arginine Oral Supplementation on Libido, Semen Quality, Reproductive Organ Biometry, and Serum Biochemical Parameters of Rams
title_short The Impact of Rumen-Protected L-Arginine Oral Supplementation on Libido, Semen Quality, Reproductive Organ Biometry, and Serum Biochemical Parameters of Rams
title_sort impact of rumen-protected l-arginine oral supplementation on libido, semen quality, reproductive organ biometry, and serum biochemical parameters of rams
topic Veterinary Science
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9263849/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35812886
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2022.899434
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