Effect of Ejaculation Intervals on Semen Quality in Cats

Journal of Veterinary Medical Science

Shigeru KUWABARA¹  Akihiro TANAKA¹  Youko FUJIMOTO¹  Yuuko TAKAGI¹  Toshihiko TSUTSUI¹  Mayumi MURAI¹  Kiyoshi NAKAGAWA¹ 

[1] Department of Reproduction,Nippon Veterinary and Animal Science University,7-1 Kyonan-cho 1 chome,Musashino-shi,Tokyo 180-8602 Japan

关键词: artificial vagina;    ejaculation interval;    feline;    semen quality;   

DOI  :  10.1292/jvms.62.1157

学科分类：兽医学

来源: Japanese Society of Veterinary Science

【 摘 要 】

References(15)Cited-By(24)The relationship between ejaculation intervals and semen quality in 4 male cats aged 3−5 years was investigated in this study.Semen was collected 10 times at intervals of every day, every other day, and every three days using an artificial vagina.Semen was collected consecutively twice on the day of semen collection, and the semen quality was examined.In semen collected every day, the number of sperm in the first collection decreased, and the frequency of immature sperm rapidly increased after the 4th day.In semen collected every other day and every three days, although the semen volume markedly varied among the animals on both first and second collections, the volume remained stable for each animal, the number of sperm was similar in the first and second collections, but was clearly larger in the first collection(p<0.01).Sperm motility and abnormality were stable among the various intervals and between the first and second collections in each animal.

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