Article
Comparative metabolism of spermatozoa from subfertile Delaware and Wyandotte roosters.
Journal of reproduction and fertility - 1 Jan 1991
Kirby J D, Froman D P
Abstract excerpt
Sperm metabolism was determined via reduction of 2-(p-iodophenyl)-3-(p-nitrophenyl)-5-phenyl tetrazolium chloride (INT) to formazan. When the reaction mixture contained cyanide, which blocks cytochrome oxidase and thus maximizes intermediate electron transfer to INT, and calcium which stimulates fowl sperm motility, the metabolic capacity of spermatozoa from subfertile Delaware and Wyandotte roosters was 90 and...
Topics
- Animals
- Calcium
- Chickens
- Cyanides
- Formazans
- Genotype
- Infertility, Male
- Male
- Spermatozoa
- Tetrazolium Salts