The effects of moderate heating of the testes and epididymides of rams by scrotal insulation on body temperature, respiratory rate, spermatozoa output and motility, and on fertility and embryonic survival in ewes inseminated with frozen semen.
Mieusset
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Department of Animal Sciences, Waite Agricultural Research Institute, University of Adelaide, Australia.
Quintana Casares
P I
PI
Sanchez-Partida
L G
LG
Sowerbutts
S F
SF
Zupp
J L
JL
Setchell
B P
BP
D000818:Animals; D001831:Body Temperature / Q000502:physiology*; D004822:Epididymis / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D005298:Fertility / Q000502:physiology*; D005328:Fetal Viability; D006358:Hot Temperature; D007315:Insemination, Artificial; D007700:Kinetics; D008297:Male; D010101:Oxygen Consumption; D011247:Pregnancy; D012611:Scrotum / Q000502:physiology; D012662:Semen Preservation; D012756:Sheep; D013076:Sperm Count; D013081:Sperm Motility; D013094:Spermatozoa / Q000502:physiology*; D013737:Testis / Q000502:physiology*