FACTORS DETERMINING SEMEN SAMPLE COLLECTION AND SEMEN QUALITY PARAMETERS IN AFRICAN PENGUINS SPHENISCUS DEMERSUS

Factors determining semen sample collection and semen quality parameters in African penguins Spheniscus demersus

Abstract Our research focuses on semen collection from 42 African penguin males, grouped by age, habituation levels, and reproductive season timing.We assess behavioral and physiological responses to dorso-abdominal massage, evaluating species-specific seminal traits using conventional and advanced methods.Positive behavioral responses corresponded

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New Prospects of Waste Involvement in Marine Fuel Oil: Evolution of Composition and Requirements for Fuel with Sulfur Content up to 0.5%

Research was carried out on the possibility of involving oil refining wastes and petrochemical by-products in marine fuel oil.It was shown that the properties of the studied products (VAT distillation residue of butyl alcohols, heavy pyrolysis tar, desalted phenol production tar, waste motor oil mixture) mainly differ from primary and secondary oil

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