Evaluation and preservation of ram semen

1 - III the present stl,luy, the op td.ua L cuncentra tiun vf thec..isodiura aa L t of ethylenecliarilinetetraacteic acid (E.D. T.:\)c:.etcrrllil1.ed. Diulot.;;icallY for ram s eraen WaS f ound to he 3.5%against a vo.lue of 3.02% calculated on basis of the free-zi:n.C; pc Ln t depressiun of ram seL1en ( 6 = 0.66°) •.2 - The op t Lna L ratio uf R D T \ to s od Lura c t tr-a te waS foundto be 1 • 9. par tio.l subs ti tu ti on . of 10:,.:. of the s odi urn c i t.r-a te c ont.errt in the ci-cI’ate-glycine-yolk protector withan eqy.:i.:.lOlar ::H,10U~t of 3.50; ~: D T ’\. c or-r-e apond Lng to 306j:1L:~i h,’lC Siblli1’icantly im:;::;ruvc::’ the rllotili ty uncl viabilityui.’ S81 •• en (p<G.Cil). ,’\.t 2.. d i Lu t i cn rate of’ 5 the duru td onuf 5C% iilotili ty VIaS 9 .• 3 uays on the aver .. J.3’e viz 4.5 claySin the control. In seL1en diluteu 10 times the correspondingva.Lue s wer-e 5.5 viz 3.5 (’lays in the c cnt.r-c.L respectively.3 - The optimal r~tio of Glycine and salty components .