Peony seed meal supplementation enhances semen quality in aged Qinchuan bulls
Healthy Qinchuan bulls aged 8.5-9.5 years were selected and randomly divided into 6 groups based on 0%, 2%, 4%, 6%, 8%, and 10% dietary supplementation of peony seed meal for three months. Overall, linear motility (LM), progressive motility (PM), straight-line velocity (VSL), curvilinear velocity (V...
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| author | Shaojie Cao Shiwei Li Kaixue Lu Juntai Fu Chengwei Yang Jiahui Qu Juanjuan Li Xianlin Zhao |
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| description | Healthy Qinchuan bulls aged 8.5-9.5 years were selected and randomly divided into 6 groups based on 0%, 2%, 4%, 6%, 8%, and 10% dietary supplementation of peony seed meal for three months. Overall, linear motility (LM), progressive motility (PM), straight-line velocity (VSL), curvilinear velocity (VCL), and the percentage increase of all sperm grades (A to D) were affected (p<0.05) by the dietary supplementation. LM (29.5 vs. 24.1%), PM (69.4 vs. 60.0%), VLS (38.0 vs. 33.3 μm/s), and VCL (48.3 vs. 44.3 μm/s) were consistently higher in the 6% peony seed meal dietary supplementation groups than in the control group, respectively. A similar pattern was observed in the 8% group. Inversely to sperm grades C and D, grades A and B were higher in all treated groups than the control group, except for the 2% group in sperm grade A. Moreover, the levels of the enzymes Superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase (CAT), glutathione reductase (GR; except for 2% peony seed group), and glutathione peroxidase (GSH-px) were higher than the control group. The level of malondialdehyde (MDA) was lower in all treated groups than in the control group. Dietary supplementation of 2-8% peony seed meal improves the semen quality of aged Qinchuan bulls. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-fff6a79ea65c41e3ad7491f89fd228082025-08-20T01:51:01ZengTaylor & Francis GroupAnimal Biotechnology1049-53981532-23782025-12-0136110.1080/10495398.2025.2503752Peony seed meal supplementation enhances semen quality in aged Qinchuan bullsShaojie Cao0Shiwei Li1Kaixue Lu2Juntai Fu3Chengwei Yang4Jiahui Qu5Juanjuan Li6Xianlin Zhao7College of Agriculture and Bioengineering, Heze University, Heze, Shandong, ChinaCollege of Pharmacy, Heze University, Heze, Shandong, ChinaCollege of Pharmacy, Heze University, Heze, Shandong, ChinaCollege of Agriculture and Bioengineering, Heze University, Heze, Shandong, ChinaCollege of Pharmacy, Heze University, Heze, Shandong, ChinaCollege of Agriculture and Bioengineering, Heze University, Heze, Shandong, ChinaWeinan Vocational and Technical College, Weinan, Shaanxi, ChinaCollege of Pharmacy, Heze University, Heze, Shandong, ChinaHealthy Qinchuan bulls aged 8.5-9.5 years were selected and randomly divided into 6 groups based on 0%, 2%, 4%, 6%, 8%, and 10% dietary supplementation of peony seed meal for three months. Overall, linear motility (LM), progressive motility (PM), straight-line velocity (VSL), curvilinear velocity (VCL), and the percentage increase of all sperm grades (A to D) were affected (p<0.05) by the dietary supplementation. LM (29.5 vs. 24.1%), PM (69.4 vs. 60.0%), VLS (38.0 vs. 33.3 μm/s), and VCL (48.3 vs. 44.3 μm/s) were consistently higher in the 6% peony seed meal dietary supplementation groups than in the control group, respectively. A similar pattern was observed in the 8% group. Inversely to sperm grades C and D, grades A and B were higher in all treated groups than the control group, except for the 2% group in sperm grade A. Moreover, the levels of the enzymes Superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase (CAT), glutathione reductase (GR; except for 2% peony seed group), and glutathione peroxidase (GSH-px) were higher than the control group. The level of malondialdehyde (MDA) was lower in all treated groups than in the control group. Dietary supplementation of 2-8% peony seed meal improves the semen quality of aged Qinchuan bulls.https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/10495398.2025.2503752Aged Qinchuan bullpeony seed mealsemen qualitysemen antioxidant enzymes |
| spellingShingle | Shaojie Cao Shiwei Li Kaixue Lu Juntai Fu Chengwei Yang Jiahui Qu Juanjuan Li Xianlin Zhao Peony seed meal supplementation enhances semen quality in aged Qinchuan bulls Animal Biotechnology Aged Qinchuan bull peony seed meal semen quality semen antioxidant enzymes |
| title | Peony seed meal supplementation enhances semen quality in aged Qinchuan bulls |
| title_full | Peony seed meal supplementation enhances semen quality in aged Qinchuan bulls |
| title_fullStr | Peony seed meal supplementation enhances semen quality in aged Qinchuan bulls |
| title_full_unstemmed | Peony seed meal supplementation enhances semen quality in aged Qinchuan bulls |
| title_short | Peony seed meal supplementation enhances semen quality in aged Qinchuan bulls |
| title_sort | peony seed meal supplementation enhances semen quality in aged qinchuan bulls |
| topic | Aged Qinchuan bull peony seed meal semen quality semen antioxidant enzymes |
| url | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/10495398.2025.2503752 |
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