Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Sperm morphology in stallions: ultrastructure as a functional and diagnostic tool.
- Journal:
- The Veterinary clinics of North America. Equine practice
- Year:
- 2006
- Authors:
- Veeramachaneni, D N Rao et al.
- Affiliation:
- Department of Biomedical Sciences · United States
- Species:
- horse
Abstract
Conventional light microscopic evaluation of a seminal ejaculate does not fully avail potential indicators of functional impairment in spermatozoal organelles. The technique of critical quantitative evaluation of morphologic features of individual structural components of spermatozoa at a light microscopic level in conjunction with critical qualitative evaluation of spermatozoal organelles at an ultrastructural level, as described in this article, is a valuable clinical tool. Compared with a battery of sperm function assays used in human andrology clinics, this relatively less expensive and simple technique is an efficient functional and diagnostic tool.
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