Julie M Long

US Patent:

20080199846, Aug 21, 2008

Filed:

Feb 8, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/069292

Inventors:

Julie Long - Sykesville MD, US

International Classification:

A01N 1/02

US Classification:

435 2

Abstract:

A medium for preserving and extending the viable useful life of poultry (e.g., turkey) semen, in vitro, is provided. Semen is preserved without loss of fertility for up to about 24 hours in the medium. The medium contains di-potassium phosphate, sodium glutamate, fructose, sodium acetate, mono-potassium phosphate, potassium citrate, magnesium chloride, N-tris hydroxymethyl methyl-2-aminoethane sulfonic acid, phosphatidylcholine, and zinc, and optionally sialic acid, carnitine, serine ethanolamine phosphodiesterase, or mixtures thereof. A method for extending the fertility of poultry (e.g., turkey) semen for up to about 24 hours when held in vitro at about 5 to about 10 C., involving mixing poultry (e.g., turkey) semen containing live spermatozoa with an aqueous medium containing di-potassium phosphate, sodium glutamate, fructose, sodium acetate, mono-potassium phosphate, potassium citrate, magnesium chloride, N-tris hydroxymethyl methyl-2-aminoethane sulfonic acid, phosphatidylcholine, and zinc, and optionally at least one of sialic acid, carnitine, serine ethanolamine phosphodiesterase, or mixtures thereof.