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Sel'skokhozyaistvennaya Biologiya [Agricultural Biology], 2019, Vol. 54, № 6, p. 1196-1205.
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doi: 10.15389/agrobiology.2019.6.1196eng

UDC: 636.2:591.16:612.616.2

Acknowledgements:
Supported financially by Russian Foundation for Basic Research, grant No. 18-016-00128 А

 

QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITY INDICATORS OF SPERM PRODUCTION IN HOLSTEIN BULLS DEPENDING ON GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY

B.S. Iolchiev1, P.M. Klenovitsky1, A.V. Tadzhieva2, R.B. Iolchiev3

1Ernst Federal Science Center for Animal Husbandry, 60, pos. Dubrovitsy, Podolsk District, Moscow Province, 142132 Russia, e-mail baylar2@mail.ru (✉ corresponding author), klenpm@mail.ru;
2People’s Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University), 6, ul. Miklukho-Maklaya, Moscow, 117198 Russia, e-mail anna74@list.ru;
3Yevdokimov Moscow State University of Medicine and Dentistry, 4, ul. Dolgorukovslaya, Moscow, 127473 Russia, e-mail rust1906@yandex.ru

ORCID:
Iolchiev B.S. orcid.org/0000-0001-5386-7263
Tadzhieva A.V. orcid.org/0000-0002-8108-7149
Klenovitsky P.M. orcid.org/0000-0003-2266-1275
Iolchiev R.B. orcid.org/0000-0003-1248-114X

Received July 13, 2019

 

A magnetic storm is one of the most important factors affecting the biological objects. The magnetic storms have profound effects at the molecular level, affecting certain cell structures. Spermatozoa are affected by various biotic and abiotic factors inside and outside the body. During the period of geomagnetic activity, the frequency of exacerbations of chronic diseases increases, the functions of a number of systems are disrupted. However, the reports on the influence of geomagnetic activity on the reproductive function, in particular on the quantity and quality of sperm, are objectively quite limited, and for agricultural species of animals such information was not found in the available literature. The objective of the work was to study the relationships between the geomagnetic activity and the sperm production quality and quantity parameters. The subject to the survey was the sperm collected from the Holstein-Friesian bull sires (n = 10, Joint-Stock Company “Head Center for the Reproduction of Farm Animals”, Moscow Province, 2018). Monitoring the K-index reflecting the geomagnetic conditions was carried out according to the data from the Pushkov Institute of Terrestrial Magnetism, Ionosphere and Radio Wave Propagation RAS. The statistical analysis was performed with SPSS v.15.0 for a one-way analysis of variance. The variables between the groups for К £ 1.0 (no geomagnetic disturbance) and K ≥ 5.0 (geomagnetic storm) were compared with the Scheffe’s test. The assessment of the sperm quality was performed with the Argus-CASA software (ArgusSoft, Russia) with Nikon Eclipse Ni microscope (Nikon, Japan). Our data indicate that during the survey, the K-index was a factor affecting the biological adequacy of the bull sires. The results prove that the magnetic storm has a significant impact on the qualitative and quantitative parameters of the bull sire sperm production. We have established the statistically valid criteria for the ejaculate volumes (F = 6.49; p < 0.05) and the progressively motile sperm number (F = 8.36; p < 0.05) per ejaculate. The volume of the ejaculates of the bull sires tends to a 28.2 % decrease (p < 0.001) during the magnetic storm period (K-index value ≥ 5.0 vs. K-index ≤ 1.0). The geomagnetic activity causes a 11.3 % decline (p < 0.001) in the sperm activity.

Keywords: magnetic storm, spermatozoa, sperm motility, morphology, chromatin, nDNA, DNA fragmentation index, bull sires, CASA.

 

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