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Sexing sperms is one of the reproductive technologies that is considered as a promising alternative in the effort of reproductive efficiency to produce offspring according to the desired sex. The method for maintaining and extending the perms can be done by using bovine serum albumin (BSA) column with Tris Buffer at room temperature and waterbath without damaging the quality of the sperms. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of BSA - Tris Buffer extender on the quality of sexed sperms after thawing at 27°C and 37°C. The study was divided into two treatments; P1 was Tris extender in the temperature of 27°C and P2 was Tris extender in the temperature of 37°C with 6 replications. Those treatments were compared using a Paired Sample test (T-Test). The parameters observed in the present study were motility, viability, abnormalities, and plasma membrane integrity. The results showed that motility, viability, abnormalities, and plasma membrane integrity of the sperms X and Y at 27°C and 37°C after sexing did not differed significantly (P>0.05). Likewise, after equilibration, the motility of sperms X at 27°C and 37°C did not differed significantly (P>0.05), however, sperm Y at 27°C and 37°C showed a significant difference (P<0,05). Viability and abnormalities of sperms X at 27°C and 37°C differed significantly (P<0,05) but sperms Y at 27°C and 37°C did not show any significant differences. After thawing process, motility, viability, abnormalities and plasma membrane integrity of the sperms X and Y at 27°C and 37°C did not show any significant differences. However, it can be conluded that the quality of sexed sperms in the present study is still good because it has motility above 40% and abnormalities below 20%.