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Sperm Parameters and Testicular Volumes in Saguinus mystax
Author(s) -
Harrison Richard M.,
Wolf Robert H.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
journal of medical primatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.31
H-Index - 42
eISSN - 1600-0684
pISSN - 0047-2565
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0684.1985.tb00266.x
Subject(s) - sperm , semen , biology , andrology , anatomy , medicine , botany
Adult male Saguinus mystax tamarins were evaluated for sperm parameters and testicular volumes. Sperm concentrations average 195.5 × 10 6 /cc with 41.7% motile sperm. Semen specimens were classified as normal, relative to sperm morphology, when 95% or more of the sperm in the specimen had normal morphology; 76% of the animals evaluated had normal semen specimens using this criterion. Testicular volumes averaged 726.9 mm 3 . A total of 50 infants were sired by 16 of these males during the period covered by this report.