The relationship of sperm viability and concentration to serum-induced head-to-head agglutination of bovine spermatozoa.
Individual samples of bull semen were treated by filtration to remove immotile spermatozoa and by the addition of 10% heifer serum. There was significantly (P less than 0.01) greater serum-induced agglutination in the filtered than in the unfiltered samples. Head-to-head agglutination was also greater (P less than 0.01) in dilute sperm suspensions when compared to concentrated sperm suspensions.
D000818:Animals; D001769:Blood; D002417:Cattle; D002452:Cell Count; D002470:Cell Survival; D008297:Male; D013073:Sperm Agglutination; D013077:Sperm Head / Q000502:physiology*; D013094:Spermatozoa / Q000166:cytology / Q000502:physiology*