Seminal plasma induced ovulation in the one humped Arabian camel (Camelus Dromedrius)‎

Abstract EN

Fifty females and six males one-humped Arabian camels were used in the breeding season to determine factors inducing ovulation.

After insemination ovaries were checked for ovulation by rectal palpation.

The results indicated that ovulation was induced by seminal plasma but not by the spermatozoa, and the incidence of ovulation after insemination was 80%.

Sixty percent of the females ovulated by 36 h after insemination and the rest by 48 h.

The least amount of semen required to elicit ovulation was about 1.0 ml.

Intramuscular injection of LH, hcG and LHRH also caused ovulation, even in females that did not ovulate in response to insemination.