TY - GEN AU - Gamal Attia Abdelhamid ElSisy AU - Abdelraouf Morcy Ghallab , AU - Abdelrazek Mahmoud Aly Abdelrazek , AU - Mohamed Samy Saied Abdou , TI - Effect of dietary zinc and selenium supplementation on reproductive performance of male goats / PY - 2005/// CY - Cairo : PB - Gamal Attia Abdehamid ElSisy , KW - Dietary zinc KW - Male Goats KW - Performance KW - Selenium N1 - Thesis (PH.D.) - Cairo University - Faculty Of Veterinary Medicine - Department Of Theriogenology; Issued also as CD N2 - Twelve , male Baladi goats were used investigate the effect of organic zinc and selenium supplementation on testicular size , sex drive , semen characteristics , testosterone and thyroid (T4 and T3) hormones concentrations as well as on some antioxidant enzymes in blood and seminal plasmaGoat bucks were assigned into three groupsGroup A served as a control , Group B supplemented with 40 - ppm zinc and Group C was supplemented with 015 ppm seleniumZinc and selenium - supplementation animals resulted in significant improvement in testicular size , sex drive , semen characteristics , testosterone and thyroid hormone concentrationAlso , increased antioxidant defense in the semen and blood cells ER -