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Effects of unilateral ovariectomization on the numbers of sperm in the oviducts, uterus and cervix of rabbits
Authors:Fateh El-Bab A Z  Hassan A  Al-Bashary A  El-Habashy M A
Institution:Department of Animal Production, Faculty of Agriculture, Alexandria University Alexandria, Egypt.
Abstract:The experiment was designed to determine the effect of removing one of the rabbits' ovaries on the numbers of sperm in the oviducts, uterine horns and cervices. The possible relationship between the anatomical asymmetry of the two sides of the reproductive tract and the distribution of sperm within different segments of the tract was also studied. Fifteen female rabbits were used; five were kept intact as the control group, five were right ovariectomized and five were left ovariectomized. All rabbits were injected with 50 IU HCG to induce ovulation and then inseminated with 60x10(6) sperm in 0.25 ml semen. Does were inseminated one month after unilateral ovariectomy. Animals were sacrificed 10 hrs later and sperm was recovered from the right and left oviducts, uterine horns and cervices. Unilateral ovariectomy significantly reduced the total numbers of sperm recovered as compared with intact does. The total numbers of sperm recovered from each of the two sides of the tract were not affected by the site of the removed ovary. Sperm numbers were high in the cervices of all groups and then decreased gradually in the upper segments of the tract. Sperm numbers that reached the oviduct of the intact rabbits were greater than those of both unilateral ovariectomized groups of rabbits. Differences between the length of the left and right cervices and uterine horns were not significant, but the right oviduct was significantly longer than the left oviduct.
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