THE EFFECT OF ADDING LEVELS OF THE ORGANIC ACID TAURINE ON IMPROVING THE CHARACTERISTICS OF DILUTED AND FROZEN SEMEN OF ARABI RAMS

Abstract

This study was conducted in the animal field of the College of Agriculture / University of Basra / Karma Ali site for the period from 1/10/2022 and for the forest of 31/1/2023. The study included raising (5) rams of adult godfathers with ages ranging from 2.5-3 years and close weights, and fed animals on a concentrated diet at a rate of 2 kg per animal with two meals in the morning and evening (1 kg in the morning and 1 kg in the evening), and trained rams on the process of collecting semen for two weeks using the artificial vagina of rams After the end of the training period, semen was collected three times a month and the study included adding different levels of organic acid taurine (0, 2 , 4 .6 mmol) to the sperm of rams and a safe with acid (liquid nitrogen at a degree - 196 ºC) for a period