Viable spermatozoa in the bladder after electroejaculation of lion-tailed macaques (Macaca silenus).
The bladder of 6 lion-tailed macaques was emptied and flushed with sterile saline. TALP-Hepes buffer was infused and the animals were electroejaculated. After electroejaculation, the semen quality was determined in the ejaculate and the bladder infusate. Of the 15 ejaculates analysed, a mean (+/- s.e.m.) sperm count of 133.8 (+/- 30.7) x 10(6) with 69.5 (+/- 6.0)% motility was obtained in the infusate as compared to the sperm count of 72.4 (+/- 38.6) x 10(6) with significantly lower (47.7 +/- 5.8%) motility in the ejaculate.
Baltimore Zoo, Druid Hill Park, MD 21217.
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Fazleabas
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Jeyendran
D000818:Animals; D004542:Ejaculation; D004558:Electric Stimulation; D008251:Macaca; D008297:Male; D013076:Sperm Count; D013081:Sperm Motility; D013094:Spermatozoa / Q000502:physiology*; D001743:Urinary Bladder