Semen characteristics of the three genetic types of boars reared in Benin

Ignace O Dotche¹, Aïchatou Gakou¹, Constant Boris O.B. Bankolé¹, Mahamadou Dahouda², Isidore Houaga³, Nicolas Antoine-Moussiaux⁴, Jean Paul Dehoux⁵, Pierre Thilmant⁶, Benoît G Koutinhouin¹, Issaka Youssao Abdou Karim^1
1 Department of Animal Production and Health, Laboratory of Animal Biotechnology and Meat Technology, Polytechnic School of Abomey-Calavi, University of Abomey-Calavi, 01 BP 2009, Cotonou, Benin
² Department of Animal Production, Faculty of Agronomic Science, University of Abomey-Calavi, 01 BP 526, Cotonou, Benin
³ Research Unit “Vector-Borne Diseases and Biodiversity” (UMaVeB), Centre International de Recherche-Développement sur l’Elevage en zone Subhumide (CIRDES), Burkina Faso
⁴ Fundamental and Applied Research for Animals and Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Liège, Vallée 2, Avenue de Cureghem, 4000 Liège, Belgium
⁵ Laboratory of Experimental Surgery, Universite Catholique de Louvain, 55/70, Avenue Hippocrate, 1200, Brussels, Belgium
⁶ Provincial Center of Productions Animales, Liège (CPL Animal), Rue de Saint Remy, 5 B4601 Argenteau, Belgium

Correspondence Address:
Ignace O Dotche
Department of Animal Production and Health, Laboratory of Animal Biotechnology and Meat Technology, Polytechnic School of Abomey-Calavi, University of Abomey-Calavi, 01 BP 2009, Cotonou
Benin

Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None

DOI: 10.4103/2305-0500.311616