Effects of an oil contrast medium on fertilization in the oviduct in rabbits.
The influence of an oil contrast medium on fertilization in rabbit oviducts was investigated. The oil contrast medium (Lipiodol-UF) was injected into the catheterized oviducts of anaesthetized animals, and they were mated 1, 3, 5 or 7 days later. When mating took place 1 day after injection, none of the ova that were subsequently recovered were fertilized; the fertilization rates when mating occurred 3, 5 or 7 days after injection of the medium were 78.9, 90 and 100%. Fertilization within the oviduct was, thus, impaired by the injection of oil contrast medium, but appeared to be fully recovered 7 days later.
Kanayama
K
K
Department of Veterinary Medicine, College of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Nihon University, Kanagawa, Japan.
Osada
H
H
Nariai
K
K
Endo
T
T
Sakuma
Y
Y
D000818:Animals; D004353:Drug Evaluation, Preclinical; D005187:Fallopian Tubes / Q000187:drug effects*; D005260:Female; D005306:Fertilization / Q000187:drug effects*; D007459:Iodized Oil / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011817:Rabbits
D007459:Iodized Oil