[Influence of hypodynamia on organism of Japanese quail].
The present study is a part of a more comprehensive investigation of the spaceflight effects on ontogenesis of the Japanese quail. Reported are data about the effects of a 33-day immobilization on behavior, physiology and the reproductive function of these birds. As was revealed in the experiment, immobilization reduces the mass of the quail body and leads to a number of reversible disorders in the reproductive function including a sharp decrease in oviposition in females and disturbances in spermatogenesis in males.
D000818:Animals; D001522:Behavior, Animal; D003370:Coturnix / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D007103:Immobilization / Q000009:adverse effects*; D008297:Male; D010058:Oviposition / Q000502:physiology; D012098:Reproduction; D013026:Space Flight; D013091:Spermatogenesis / Q000502:physiology