The study was conducted to determine the influence of D-aspartic acid (D-Asp) as antioxidant supplement and thawing rates on ram sperm motility, membrane integrity, abnormality, viability, mitochondria activity, malondialdehyde and antioxidant activities, and total antioxidant capacity after freezing-thawing process. Semen samples from five mature rams (3-4 years old) were diluted with extender...

The gonadal hormone inhibin regulates daily sperm production (DSP) indirectly through negative feedback control of FSH secretion and may also affect DSP via direct actions within the testis. Studies attempting to increase DSP through the immunization against inhibin have yielded equivocal results. The current study compared 2 inhibin antigens for effects on DSP and hormone secretion. Hampshire ...

Background: Basal level of reactive oxygen species (ROS) is essential for sperm acrosomal reaction, hyperactivation, motility, capacitation and fertilization. Ram spermatozoa contain large quantities of polyunsaturated fatty acids in their plasma membranes so are extremely susceptible to ROS induced damage. Materials and Methods: Eight rams (36 ± 5 month of age and with a weight of 64 ± 7 kg) w...

Absfruct-In dekeloping compi ler techniques f o r p rog rams targeted f o r paral le l execution, i t is imperat ive that a p rog ram representation be ut i l ized that no t onl? facil i tates the detection a n d scheduling o f parallelism bu t also easil? enables p rog ram transformat ions that increase opportuni t ies f o r parallelism. These requirements are the d r i v i n g force behind re...

St. Croix White hair sheep ewes lambing in July (n = 20) or November (n = 26) were used to evaluate the effect of ram exposure on uterine involution and postpartum luteal function. Ewes were exposed to an epididymectomized ram (EXPOSED) beginning on d 7 after lambing (d 0) or kept isolated from rams (CONTROL) through d 63. The width of each uterine horn was measured using transrectal ultrasonog...

Fifty wethers and 51 spring-born rams were divided into five groups and slaughtered at different seasons of the year at average ages of 271, 361, 459, 557 or 652 d to determine the age and season at which differences in secondary sex characteristics could be detected. Serum testosterone concentrations and testes weights were low in January when the rams were 271 d of age and again in April at 3...

This study was conducted to determine whether exposure of ram lambs to estrual ewes during their first autumn and again as adults just before serving capacity tests (SCT) affected the outcome of the sexual performance tests. Treatments were either early exposure of Polypay ram lambs (i.e., 7-8-mo-old rams with ewes for 17 d [n=30] or no early exposure [n=30]), and late exposure (i.e., 16-19-mo-...

Sensor-based navigation is one of the most important researches for mobile robots domain and then there are many research works for sensor-based navigation. We propose the insects inspired landmark navigation to pinpoint the target position in this paper. There exit several research works such as snapshot model and average landmark model which request the absolute bearing information (compass) ...

Twenty Polypay-sired ewes (Group P) and 14 Suffolk ewes (Group S) were bled at 48-h intervals for 10 d beginning on April 6, 1989, and the serum was assayed for progesterone to determine which ewes were anestrous; 9/20 Group P ewes were anestrous, compared with 14/14 Group S ewes (P less than .001). Catheters were placed into the jugular vein of anestrous ewes from both breed groups (eight of G...