Er-Gen 2 İmonagame
POSTGRADUATE RESEARCH PROJECTS
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Ataturk Univesity, the department of Animal Sciences has a responsibility in terms of training postgraduates who have a clear and growing understanding of animal science in the Turkish context, and also with the ability to develop and contribute to the international animal industry. ER-GEN provided an origional, independent research projects that will contribute to the advancement of animal science.
| Project Description | Summary | Year | Grant |
| Natural Alternative of Controlling Sheep Reproduction Master Thesis | In 1936, Japanese researchers discovered the compound diosgenin in the Mexican wild yam. Diosgenin is a phytoestrogen, or plant-based estrogen, that can be chemically converted into a hormone called progesterone. One of the main consequences of the conversion to the practices of organic livestock farming from the conventional management is the application of the official legal framework, especially regarding the use of hormones for the control of the sexual cycle. Diosgenin is a class of steroidal saponins naturally synthesized by Mexican wild yam is used to succesifully control sheep flock without using synthetic hormones. | 2016 |  |
| Principal Component Analysis of Factors Effecting Reproductive Performance of Prolific Sheep Master Thesis | Principal components analysis was applied to a set of reproductive traits of prolific sheep in order to reduce the number of traits and understand their relationship for breeding purposes. Multivariate techniques have been used only to a very limited extent in the field of animal science. Principal component analysis attempts to find linear compounds of the original variables which can account for the dependency structure existing among the original measurements. The indicators for explaining the total variance were birth type, total productivity, birth weight and weaning age. In the result of PCA 3 components out of 9 was explained. | 2016 | |
| Effect of the antioxidant properties of royal jelly used in preservation of ram semen Master Thesis | This study was conducted to investigate, the protective effect of royal jelly (RJ) which was added to semen diluent in different ratios during the cold storage of ram spermatozoa and the effect on pregnancy rates obtained from intra uterine insemination A significant protective effect of royal jelly was obtained at 1.5% (68%) and 2% (69%) concentrations in 120h incubated time point. Findings from this research suggest that the minumum required RJ supplementation is 1.5% for ideal ram sperm motility and semen storage at 4°C can be extended up to 120h. | 2016 | |