[Spermatozoa transport in the oviduct of the chicken and the turkey].
Recent studies of the storage and release of spermatozoa from utero-vaginal glands in birds have shown that: following intra-vaginal insemination, storage is completed within 2-3 d (domestic hen) or 1-5 d (turkey) and not within a few minutes or hours as previously described; as spermatozoa can be recovered from any segment of the oviduct during the egg formation cycle, it seems unlikely that sperm release from the utero-vaginal glands is directly dependent upon the egg formation cycle. The progressive inability of spermatozoa to agglutinate may be part of this mechanism.
INRA, Station de recherches avicoles, Nouzilly, France.
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JP
Brillard
D000818:Animals; D002645:Chickens / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D010057:Oviducts / Q000502:physiology*; D013083:Sperm Transport; D013094:Spermatozoa / Q000502:physiology; D014422:Turkeys / Q000502:physiology*
Déplacements des spermatozoïdes dans l'oviducte chez la poule et la dinde.