SEMEN COMPOSITION AND EJACULATION OF THE BOAR AFTER PILOCARPINE ADMINISTRATION | Zendy

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SEMEN COMPOSITION AND EJACULATION OF THE BOAR AFTER PILOCARPINE ADMINISTRATION

Author(s) -

Robert D. Baker,

P. J. Dziuk

Publication year - 1964

Publication title -

reproduction

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.208

H-Index - 136

eISSN - 1741-7899

pISSN - 1470-1626

DOI - 10.1530/jrf.0.0080255

Subject(s) - semen , ejaculation , boar , andrology , chemistry , biology , medicine , endocrinology

Atropine, a parasympathetic-blocking drug, has been found to reduce the volume of semen with little or no effect on the total number of spermatozoa ejaculated by the boar (Dziuk & Norton, 1962). Differences in composition of the semen from atropine-treated and control boars indicated that atropine suppressed the secretion of the urethral glands (Dziuk & Mann, 1963). In the bull, atropine has been found to reduce both the volume of semen and the number of spermatozoa per ejaculate (Signoret, 1962; Baker, VanDemark & Graves, 1963), whereas pilocarpine, a parasympathetic-stimulating drug, has significantly increased the volume of semen and total spermatozoa per ejaculate (Baker et al., 1963; J. P. Signoret, personal communication). The purpose of the present study was to determine the effects of pilocarpine

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