An established massage technique for semen collection in budgerigars, cockatiels, and monk parakeets was applied to 40 different birds of 26 different psittacine species in a period of 4 weeks. Semen collection was successful in 8 individual birds (Aratinga species, Tanygnathus species, Guarouba guarouba, and Pionus chalcopterus). Large parrot species (Ara ambigua, Cacatua leadbeateri, Amazona species, and Eclectus species) were difficult to handle and did not relax during the application of the massage technique. Semen was evaluated for volume, color, pH, spermatozoa concentration, total spermatozoa number, spermatozoa motility, and fraction of living spermatozoa. Additionally, spermatozoa were examined for pathomorphologic abnormalities.
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1 March 2005
Attempted Semen Collection Using the Massage Technique and Semen Analysis in Various Psittacine Species
Gabriele Stelzer,
Lorenzo Crosta,
Marcellus Bürkle,
Maria-Elisabeth Krautwald-Junghanns
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Journal of Avian Medicine and Surgery
Vol. 19 • No. 1
March 2005
Vol. 19 • No. 1
March 2005
Avian
massage technique
Psittaciformes
semen analysis
semen collection