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The right testicular tissue was used for histopathological examinations and the left one was used for biochemical analyses. The epididy\u00admal part at the tip of the vas deferens at the end of the right testis was trimmed in 100 \u03bcL saline at 37\u00b0C. Histopathological examinations showed that histological scoring was higher in the CR 50 and CR 75 groups. A decrease in oxidant status was observed in all CR groups compared to the control group. Spermatozoa density was higher in CR groups compared to the control group. Total motility value was statistically significantly higher in CR 50 and CR 75 groups compared to control and CR 25 groups. There was no statistical difference between the groups in terms of dead and abnormal spermatozoa. In-ovo CR injection at doses of 0.50 and 0.75 mg\/egg improved testicular histological score, decreased oxidative stress, and increased epididymal sperm quality.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.24425\/pjvs.2025.154026","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,6,17]],"date-time":"2025-06-17T06:56:57Z","timestamp":1750143417000},"source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["Determination of the effects of in-ovo chrysin addition to fertile quail eggs on testicular histology, oxidative stress and semen quality"],"prefix":"10.24425","author":[{"given":"U.","family":"\u00d6zent\u00fcrk","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Deparment of Animal Science, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Atat\u00fcrk University, 25010 Erzurum, Turkey"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"M.","family":"Gen\u00e7","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Deparment of Animal Science, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Atat\u00fcrk University, 25010 Erzurum, Turkey"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"A.D.","family":"\u00d6m\u00fcr","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Reproduction and Artificial Insemination, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine,Atat\u00fcrk University, 25010 Erzurum, Turkey"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"E.","family":"Erba\u015f","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Histology and Embryology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine,Atat\u00fcrk University, 25010 Erzurum, Turkey"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"A.","family":"Uysal","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Deparment of Animal Science, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Atat\u00fcrk University, 25010 Erzurum, Turkey"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"A.","family":"Y\u00f6r\u00fc","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"A.","family":"Gen\u00e7","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Bing\u00f6l University, 12010 Bing\u00f6l, Turkey"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"S.A.","family":"Akarsu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Reproduction and Artificial Insemination, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine,Atat\u00fcrk University, 25010 Erzurum, Turkey"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"37468","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,6,13]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref0","unstructured":"Akintunde AO, Ndubuisi-Ogbonna LC, Ladele MM, Olorunfemi OA, Ojo OA, Oyewumi SO, Shobo BA, Akinboye OE (2023) Spermiogramic parameters of Japanese quails (Coturnix coturnix japonica) to aqueous administration of egg lime molasses mixture. 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