Abstract

The study was conducted at the University of Kirkuk / College of Agriculture in the fields of the
Department of Animal Production to study the effect of water-alcoholic extract of Indian ginseng
roots and vitamin E on the semen characteristics of white male rabbits.As 20 rabbits aged 5-6
months were randomly divided into four treatments, five rabbits for each treatment, the first
treatment rabbits (control group) were left without any dosing, the second treatment was dosed
with aqueous alcoholic extract of Indian ginseng root at a dose of 200 mg/kg/day, the third
treatment Dosing with aqueous alcoholic extract of Indian ginseng root at a dose of 400 mg/kg/day,
fourth treatment with Vitamin E at a dose of 400 mg/kg/day . The second, third and fourth
treatments had a significant increase over the control group in improving ejaculate volume, sperm
concentration, and group and individual movement of sperm, which was offset by a significant
decrease in the percentages of dead and distorted sperms in all months of the study. We conclude
from this study that dosing with aqueous alcohol extract of Indian ginseng and vitamin E has the
ability to improve the semen characteristics of white male rabbits