Fate of turkey spermatozoa after intrainfundibular and intramagnal inseminations.
About 92% of the spermatozoa recovered after intrainfundibular inseminations of turkey hens were in the infundibulum and 6% in the magnal segments 24 h later. Of the spermatozoa recovered after intramagnal inseminations, about 67% were in the infundibulum, 26% in the magnal segments, and a total of about 8% in the isthmus, uterus, and vagina. It is suggested that spermatozoa in the infundibulum and magnum are not transported in significant numbers in an abovarian direction.
D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D007314:Insemination; D008297:Male; D010057:Oviducts; D013083:Sperm Transport; D013997:Time Factors; D014422:Turkeys / Q000502:physiology*