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Testicular Morphometry, Gonadal and Extra gonadal sperm Reserve of Uda Rams fed with graded levels of Moringa oleifera leavesJashilagari stephen,innocent damudu peter,kabir ibrahim,aliyu jibril,zainab bukola yusuf,muhammad aminu umaru,victoria adam maina,adewale ayodeji adeyeye. Abstract |  Download PDF | Cited by 0 Articles |  Post | Aim: We evaluated the effects of graded levels of Moringa oleifera on testicular morphometry, gonadal and extra gonadal sperm reserve in rams.
Methods: Twenty post pubertal Uda rams aged between 12-18 months were randomly assigned into treatment (n=15) and control (n=5) groups. The treatment group were given graded doses (3, 6 and 9 g/kg of feed) of Moringa oleifera leaves daily for 126 days while the control group were given normal feed without Moringa oleifera leaves for the same duration of time.
Results: The result shows that significant changes (p0.05) between testicular and epididymal weights and lengths, testicular diameter, Sperm concentration in caput and corpus epididymis as well as within the testis between the control group and Moringa oleifera fed groups. A Significant difference (p
Key words: Fertility, Moringa oleifera, Ram, Sperm reserve, Testicular morphometry.
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