Effects of induced molting on semen quality of indigenous chicken aseel

Aseel is the very famous indigenous chicken breed of pakistan which is facing the reproductive issues. in the modern poultry industry,molting is economically used for the improvement of reproductive performance. so the current experiment was designed to investigate the effect of molting on semen quality of indigenous aseel chicken. roosters (n=16) were divided into two groups,molted (n=8) vs non molted (control) (n=8) group. molting was performed through the method of feed restrictions. after the molting phase semen was analyzed for five weeks. the semen quality was significantly improved in terms of volume,concentration,motility,live sperms and reduced morphological defects by the molting. it was concluded that molting could be used for improvement of semen quality of indigenous aseel chicken to cover the reproductive problems. copyright 2015 zoological society of pakistan.