The Correlation Between Plasma Membrane Integrity and Sperm Parameters for the Arrabi Rams Semen

Abstract

The study was executed to investigate the different cooling periods (0, 24, and 48 hours) effects on plasma membrane integrity depending on the hypo osmotic swelling test (HOST), spermatozoa motility, acrosome integrity, live sperm, and spermatozoa abnormalities, and correlation among the Host and other rams sperm parameters This study was done at an animal farm in Al-Kut city (southern Baghdad city\ Iraq), from 5th January to 5th February 2021 The semen was collected from four mature Arrabi rams (2-4 years old) by using an artificial vagina to the evaluation of semen characteristics The results exhibited a significant (p≤005) effect of the cooling times of the rams semen parameters, on the other hand, there is a highly significant (P≤001) correlation (positive) among host, acrosome integrity, live sperm, and spermatozoa motility (r = 100, 099, 095) respectively However, the results explained the significant (P≤005) correlation (negative) between host and spermatozoa abnormalities (r = - 100) In conclusion, there are a relatively significant effect of the cooling periods and Arrabi ram semen parameters and there is a significant correlation between host and other sperm characteristics during different times of cooling.