title: Pregnancy by means of tubal insemination and subsequent spontaneous pregnancy in rabbits.
abstract: The purpose of the study was to determine whether or not physical stimulation by tubal insemination had any unfavourable influences upon the tubal fimbria. Tubal insemination was carried out on 14 rabbits and subsequent pregnancy results were monitored. After a period of 69-123 days following tubal insemination, 10 of the rabbits were mated spontaneously and these rabbits were then monitored for pregnancy. Newborn were obtained, with normal gestation periods in six out of the 14 rabbits, following tubal insemination and all 10 of the rabbits that were mated spontaneously with males following tubal insemination subsequently delivered. It is concluded that physical stimulation by tubal insemination does not produce adhesive changes on the tubal fimbria.
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Medicine, College of Agriculture, Nihon University, Fujisawa, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kanayama
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sankai
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nariai
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Endo
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sakuma
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005187:Fallopian Tubes; D005260:Female; D007315:Insemination, Artificial / Q000379:methods*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011270:Pregnancy, Animal / Q000502:physiology; D011817:Rabbits