Pre-freezing at 10 cm above liquid nitrogen surface for eight minutes resulted the best Sapera goat semen quality

Sapera goat is a dairy resulting from cross between Saanen buck and an Ettawah doe. These small ruminants are reared by rural households for poverty reduction undernutrition prevention. Breeding of through artificial insemination (AI) technique was expected to accelerate the increase in population. Unfortunately, frozen semen not available yet. This study aims determine effect distance straw liquid nitrogen surface during pre-freezing process on quality goats. Semen obtained 1.5 years old buck. The ejaculates were diluted tris-egg yolk extender obtain concentration 120 x 106 spermatozoa/mL, then equilibrated at 5°C one hour. extended packaged 0.5 mL French straws (60 spermatozoa/straw). filled pre-frozen cold handling cabinet (Minitube, Germany) held 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 cm above respectively T1, T2, T3, T4, T5, T6 groups, each with four replicates. After eight minutes immediately plunged, stored (-196°C) two days, followed assessment. best post-thawed motility (41.75 ± 2.06 %), viability (49.00 0.82 %) morphological abnormalities (4.75 0.96 stage 10 cm. It could be concluded that extender, spermatozoa qualified AI when fresh minutes.