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Theriogenology
Volume 130, May 2019, Pages 41-48

Dietary supplementation with flaxseed oil as source of Omega-

3 fatty acids improves seminal quality and reproductive
performance in aged broiler breeder roosters
Hossein Pasha Zanussi, Farid Shariatmadari , Mohsen Sharafi , Hamed Ahmadi

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• Dietary flaxseed oil and vitamin E improved semen parameters and reproductive
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• Flaxseed oil increased the index of testosterone as main male reproductive Full Text
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• The content of DPA, DHAand arachidonic acid of plasma membrane in roosters

sperm affected by the flaxseed oil.

• Lipid peroxidation of sperm reduced in the roosters fed diet supplemented with
vitamin E.

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Reproductive performance in aged broiler breeder roosters is not desirable. The purpose of
this study was to assess the effects of dietary flaxseed oil and vitamin E on the semen
parameters, hormonal profiles, fatty acid analysis of sperm, and fertility performance of aged
roosters. Twenty four roosters were assigned into four treatments and received their diets as
following: 1) basal diet as control group (CTRL), 2) basal diet supplemented with 200 mg/kg
vitamin E (CTRL + VITE), 3) basal diet supplemented with 2% flaxseed oil (FLAX) and 4) basal
diet supplemented with 2% flaxseed oil plus 200 mg/kg vitamin E (FLAX + VITE). Roosters
were fed their diets for 60 days and then, different characteristics of reproduction in the
roosters were examined during experiment. Different diets affected semen parameters
(P ≤ 0.05) except semen volume and morphology. Various characteristics of semen were
significant (P ≤ 0.05) during different times of experiment excluding the total motility,
membrane integrity and morphology. The higher percentage of sperm concentration, total
motility, progressive motility, viability and membrane integrity accorded with a lower lipid
peroxidation were observed in the roosters fed diet of FLAX + VITE (P ≤ 0.05). A higher
concentration of testosterone was detected in roosters fed FALX + VITE at day 60 (P ≤ 0.05).
Moreover, the percentage docosapantaenoic acid (DPA), docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) of sperm
were increased in the diet of FLAX (P ≤ 0.05). Finally, rate of fertility after artificial
insemination was significantly higher in the diet of FLAX + VITE. It seems that
supplementation of aged roosters’ diet with flaxseed oil and VITE improves the semen
performance and fertility potential that can be a suitable strategy to preserve the reproductive
performance of aged rooters.

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Senescent roosters; Antioxidant; Hatching rate; Lipids

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