Aana Glaudia  Vasconcelos Catunda, Italo Cordeiro  Silva Lima, Jeane Ferreira  Pereira-Rocha, Rafael Soares de Sousa  Pitombeira, Aline Bezerra  Vitaliano, Michelle Moura  da Silva, Gyselle Viana  Aguiar, Carla Renata Figueiredo  Gadelha, Airton Alencar  de Araujo, Gabrimar Araujo  Martins, Ana Claudia Nascimento  Campos, 
    Concentrations of Fructose, Citric Acid and Total Protein in the Seminal Plasma of Goats Raised under Tropical Climates in Northeastern Brazil,
    Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances,
    Volume 11,Issue 16,
    2012,
    Pages 2873-2878,
    ISSN 1680-5593,
    javaa.2012.2873.2878,
    (https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=javaa.2012.2873.2878)
    Abstract: Concentrations of fructose, citric acid and total protein in the seminal plasma of goats were measured between the different seasons of the year. The seasons affected all biochemical components investigated in the seminal plasma of goats as there was variation between the different months as well. The highest fructose concentrations in goats were recorded during the rainy and dry/rainy seasons. Citric acid concentrations were highest in the rainy period only whereas total protein concentrations were lower in the rainy/dry period compared to the other seasons of the year. Thus, climate conditions in the Brazilian Northeast are probably associated with these changes in the biochemical composition of bucks.
    Keywords: Seminal plasma;buck;tropical climate;biochemical components;season;Brazil