A comparison of the penetration of human sperm into bovine and artificial cervical mucus.
Our studies demonstrate that ACM can replace BCM in assessing the ability of spermatozoa to interact with viscous fluids. The use of ACM should provide a more standard batch of "mucus" for testing purposes in laboratories that use these techniques.
D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D002582:Cervix Mucus / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D005615:Freezing; D006801:Humans; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D008297:Male; D013076:Sperm Count; D013081:Sperm Motility; D013084:Sperm-Ovum Interactions; D013094:Spermatozoa / Q000502:physiology*; D013997:Time Factors