Scienceline Publications Online Journal of Animal and Feed Research 2228-7701 6 6 2016 September IMPACT OF SEMEN QUALITY OF ASEEL CHICKEN ON INDUCED MOLTING 130 132 http://www.ojafr.ir/main/attachments/article/124/OJAFR%206(6)%20130-132,%202016.pdf EN Adnan YOUSAF Sadiq Poultry (Pvt) Limited, Rawalpindi, Pakistan Faiza RUBAB Department of Animal Reproduction, Sindh Agriculture University Tandojam, Pakistan Rehana SHAHNAWAZ Department of Veterinary Pharmacology, Sindh Agriculture University Tandojam, Pakistan Tahseen JAMIL Faculty of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Sciences, Sindh Agriculture University Tandoajm, Pakistan Tahir IQBAL Faculty of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Sciences, Sindh Agriculture University Tandoajm, Pakistan Naila BIBI aculty of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Sciences, Sindh Agriculture University Tandoajm, Pakistan Irfan HAIDER Faculty of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Sciences, Sindh Agriculture University Tandoajm, Pakistan Indigenous chickens are an important source of animal proteins. Aseel is the very famous chicken breed of Pakistan which is facing the reproductive issues. Molting is economically used for the improvement of reproductive performance of male rosters. So the current experiment was designed to investigate the effect of molting on semen quality of indigenous Aseel chicken. Roosters (n=20) were divided into two groups , Group A molted (n=10) and group B non-molted (control) (n=10). Molting was performed through the method of feed restrictions. After the molting phase, semen was analyzed for six weeks. The semen quality was significantly (P 0.05) improved in terms of volume (0.34±0.8 and 0.16±0.4 ml), mortality (73.7±2.5 and 63.5±2.2%), semen concentration (3.36±1.2 and 1.63+0.2 % 115/ml), morphological defect of sperm, (6.5±0.5 and 8.7±0.6 %) and livability of sperm (75±2.3 and 64±2.5%) were significant (P 0.05) better for group A as group B. It was concluded that molting could be used for improvement of semen quality of indigenous Aseel chicken to cover the reproductive problems. Aseel chicks Semen quality Molting and Non-Molting