A comparative study of the morphometry of sperm head components in cattle, sheep, and pigs with a computer-assisted fluorescence method

A comparative study of the morphometry of sperm head components in cattle, sheep, and pigs with a computer-assisted fluorescence method

The aim of this study was to compare the sperm nuclear and acrosomal morphometry of three species of domestic artiodactyls; cattle (Bos taurus), sheep (Ovis aries), and pigs (Sus scrofa). Semen smears of twenty ejaculates from each species were fixed and labeled with a propidium iodide-Pisum sativum...

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Main Authors: Jesús L Yániz, Sara Capistrós, Sandra Vicente-Fiel, Carlos O Hidalgo, Pilar Santolaria
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2016-01-01
Series:Asian Journal of Andrology
Subjects:
artiodactyls; computer-assisted sperm morphometry analysis; fluorescence microscopy; image analysis; sperm morphometry
Online Access:http://www.ajandrology.com/article.asp?issn=1008-682X;year=2016;volume=18;issue=6;spage=840;epage=843;aulast=Yániz

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