Effect of Giloy (Tinospora cordifolia) ethanolic extract supplementation to ram semen extender on sperm abnormality in chilled semen

Abstract

Ethanolic extract of Giloy (Tinospora cordifolia) was supplemented at concentrations of 100 µg/ml, 300 µg/ml, 500 µg/ml, 700 µg/ml to ovine semen extender in order to study the effect of antioxidant potential on sperm abnormality parameter of Magra ram semen during cooled storage at 4 °C. The basic extender was Tris egg yolk citrate fructose extender (TEYCF) which is supplemented with different concentrations of Giloy extract. Results revealed that, the mean percentage of total sperm abnormality was significantly (p