Author(s):

Mohd. Saif, Rachna Varma, Rishi Kant, Shirish Bhatiya, JP Yadav and Raghavendra Prasad Mishra

Abstract: Regular use of pesticides in our country decrease the fertility day by day that decrease the aphrodisiac effect in poultry. The present study was conducted to investigate the aphrodisiac effect of ethanolic extract of Madhuca Longifolia (Flowers) in male poultry birds. The bird treated with Madhuca (flowers) extract showed positively aphrodisiac effect by increase in value of the semen parameter (sperm conc., live & volume). Sperm concentration was increase in both group 1 and group 2, but in group 2 sperm concentration increase more significantly in comparison to group 1. Live spermatozoa was also increase in group 1 and group 2, in group 2 live sperm percentage was significantly higher than group 1. Semen volume was also increase and found greater in group 2 in comparison to group 1 to control group. On the basis of these findings we can say that Madhuca has positive aphrodisiac effect.

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