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Transplantation of normal boar testicular cells resulted in complete focal spermatogenesis in a boar affected by the immotile short-tail sperm defect.
Reproduction in domestic animals = Zuchthygiene - 1 Apr 2006
Mikkola M, Sironen A, Kopp C, Taponen J, Sukura A, Vilkki J, Katila T, Andersson M
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Transplantation of testicular cells, also known as spermatogonial stem cell transplantation, is a relatively new approach in the field of male infertility. We used this technique to determine whether donor-derived sperm production in unrelated porcine recipients is possible following ultrasound-guided transfer of testicular cells. This study was undertaken because we had a strain of Finnish Yorkshire boars with a...
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