Semen quality and seminal plasma metabolites in male rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus) under heat stress.

ABSTRACT: Heat stress causes infertility in male rabbits in summer. This study was conducted to determine the effects of heat stress on semen quality and seminal plasma metabolites of male rabbits. To achieve these objectives, the temperature and humidity index (THI) was used to determine the stress state of male rabbits during different months, thereby the rabbits were divided into heat stress and no heat stress groups. The quality of the semen and the biochemical indices of seminal plasma were then analyzed. Next the plasma metabolites of rabbits in both groups were evaluated using the ultra-high performance liquid chromatography-mass spectroscopy (UPLC-MS)/MS technique. Our results showed that the THI value of the rabbit housing in May was 20.94 (no heat stress). The THI value of the housing in A

SUBMITTER: Huang D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10103697 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature