scholarly journals GONADAL AND EPIDIDYMAL SPERM RESERVES IN THE RABBIT: ESTIMATION OF THE DAILY SPERM PRODUCTION

Reproduction ◽  
1968 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 15-25 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. C. ORGEBIN-CRIST
Reproduction ◽  
1978 ◽  
Vol 54 (1) ◽  
pp. 103-107 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. W. Robb ◽  
R. P. Amann ◽  
G. J. Killian

1994 ◽  
Vol 6 (6) ◽  
pp. 727 ◽  
Author(s):  
SW Walkden-Brown ◽  
BJ Restall ◽  
WA Taylor

Each month, for 15 months, the testes and epididymides were recovered from five Australian cashmere bucks selected at random from a group of mature bucks (initial n = 116) at pasture (location 29 degrees S, 153 degrees E). The extent of seasonal change in testicular and epididymal sperm reserves was determined and indirect methods for predicting these reserves were developed. Paired testicular weight exhibited clear seasonal variation from 137 g in August to 269 g in February. The total elongated spermatid content of the testes, determined by homogenization, showed a very similar seasonal pattern, ranging from 13.8 x 10(9) in September to 36.2 x 10(9) in March. Seasonal changes of similar timing were observed for paired epididymal weight and sperm content. Although changes in total testicular spermatid content were largely the result of change in testicular weight (R2 = 0.72, P < 0.001), the elongated spermatid content of testicular parenchyma (mean, 127 x 10(6) g-1) exhibited significant seasonal variation with elevated values between February and June, suggestive of an increase in the efficiency of spermatogenesis. Daily sperm production, calculated by means of a spermatogenic time divisor for sheep, ranged from 2.76 x 10(9) in September to 7.23 x 10(9) in February. Scrotal circumference, scrotal volume and testicular length x diameter2 were identified as accurate predictors of testicular weight (R2 > or = 0.87) and sperm content (R2 > or = 0.70). The results demonstrate that: (a) cashmere bucks exhibit considerable seasonal variation in spermatogenesis associated primarily with changes in testicular mass but also with changes in the efficiency of spermatogenesis; and (b) indirect measures of testicular size are good predictors of testicular elongated sperm content. When the correct spermatogenic time divisor for goats is determined, such indirect measures may be used to predict daily sperm production.


1987 ◽  
Vol 108 (2) ◽  
pp. 331-334
Author(s):  
S. K. Jindal

SummaryTesticular and epididymal sperm reserves were determined in six sexually mature Mujjafaranagri rams. The testes and epididymides weight were 151·4±5·49 and 20·7±0·164 g respectively. The total spermatids/g were 78±21·8×106, while daily sperm production per ram was estimated to be 4·46×109 when corrected for tunica albuginea weight. The number of spermatozoa in the caput, corpus and cauda epididymides were 3·18, 2·56 and 16·29×lO9 respectively and they represented 14·4, 11·6 and 73·9% respectively of the sperm reserves on that side. The total epididymal sperm reserve per male ram was about 44·06×109 spermatozoa.


Reproduction ◽  
1996 ◽  
Vol 107 (1) ◽  
pp. 137-149 ◽  
Author(s):  
O. E. Okwun ◽  
G. Igboeli ◽  
J. J. Ford ◽  
D. D. Lunstra ◽  
L. Johnson

2017 ◽  
Vol 18 (6) ◽  
pp. 1300 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mami Miyado ◽  
Kaoru Yoshida ◽  
Kenji Miyado ◽  
Momori Katsumi ◽  
Kazuki Saito ◽  
...  

2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 141-148
Author(s):  
Olumuyiwa Joseph Olarotimi ◽  
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Olujide Adedamola Sokunbi ◽  
Abdur-Rahman Abdullah ◽  
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