Livestock Studies 1961, Vol 1, Num, 11     (Pages: 045-055)

The comparision of different feeding and manegement methods and their influence on sperm quality of bulls used for artificial insemination

Adnan ÖZKOCA

- The compariton of different feeding and manegement methods and their influence on sperm quality of bulls used for artificial insemination.

Feeding and manegement of bulls used for artificial insemination disscussed in this article. Bulls are being fed with concentrates and rougdages such as barley, oats, wheat bran, corn, praire hay and alfaalfa for theree years at Lalahan Animal Breeding Center. That kind of concentrates contain about % 12 total protein. Bulls are exercised by a herdsman walking 1-1.5 km. each day. Under these conditions good quality of semen is being collected. Keywords :