title: Effect of the ovulatory cycle on oviductal sperm storage in the domestic fowl.
abstract: Anovulatory domestic hens (pregnant mare serum-treated) and normally cyclic domestic hens were artificially inseminated with 0.034 ml of pooled semen. A subsequent microscopic assessment of the uterovaginal sperm storage glands on days 1, 3, 6, 9 and 12 post-insemination indicated that the sperm glands emptied over time in the normally cyclic hens, but not in the anovulatory hens. The data suggest that events associated with ovulation and/or oviposition are important to the sperm gland emptying process.
authors.affiliation: Department of Poultry Science Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Blacksburg, VA 24061 USA.
authors.forename: A F
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Bushman
authors.forename: H P
authors.initials: HP
authors.lastname: Van Krey
authors.forename: D M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Denbow
authors.forename: P B
authors.initials: PB
authors.lastname: Siegel