Morphology of spermatozoa in semen from stallions of normal fertility.
Semen samples were collected from 3 fertile stallions by means of an 'open' artificial vagina and examined under scanning and transmission electron microscopy. The stallion spermatozoon has many features in common with that of other mammals but differs specifically in that it has an asymmetric head, an abaxial position of the tail and an acrosome of small volume. The presence of microtubules in the neck is also a characteristic of stallion spermatozoa.
D000177:Acrosome / Q000648:ultrastructure; D000818:Animals; D005298:Fertility; D006736:Horses / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D008854:Microscopy, Electron / Q000379:methods; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D008870:Microtubules / Q000648:ultrastructure; D012661:Semen / Q000166:cytology*; D013077:Sperm Head / Q000648:ultrastructure; D013082:Sperm Tail / Q000648:ultrastructure; D013094:Spermatozoa / Q000166:cytology*