Seasonal variation of reproductive parameters in the laboratory-housed male cynomologus macaque (Macaca fascicularis).
Changes in body weight, sperm concentration and testicular volume were monitored for a 13-lunar month period in seven laboratory-housed adult male Macaca fascicularis. No significant change was noted in body weight or sperm concentration between periods of maximal and minimal mean values nor between periods standardized for comparison between the three parameters. Testis volumes were significantly greater during the months of July through early September and during the standardized period of May through July than during January through March and the standardized interval October through January.
D000818:Animals; D000882:Haplorhini; D006799:Housing, Animal; D008251:Macaca / Q000502:physiology*; D008252:Macaca fascicularis / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D012098:Reproduction; D012621:Seasons; D012661:Semen / Q000166:cytology; D013094:Spermatozoa / Q000166:cytology; D013737:Testis / Q000033:anatomy & histology