Morphological Characteristics of the Sperm of the Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) during the Reproductive Season
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Reagents and Media
2.2. Animals
2.3. Semen Collection and Analysis
2.4. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Description of the Sperm Subpopulations
3.2. Changes in the Sperm Subpopulations during the Breeding Season
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Sperm Defects | |||||||
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Stage Season | Normal Sperm | Immature Sperm | Head | Midpiece | Tail | Cytoplasmic Droplets | Multiple |
Initial | 543 a (44%) | 266 (21.5%) | 256 a (20.7%) | 58 (4.7%) | 69 a (5.6%) | 33 (2.7%) | 10 (0.8%) |
Middle | 307 b (33.4%) | 204 (22.3%) | 266 a (28.9%) | 56 (6.1%) | 42 a (4.6%) | 28 (3%) | 16 (1.7%) |
Later | 285 b (25.8%) | 207 (18.8%) | 420 b (38%) | 58 (5.3%) | 85 b (7.7%) | 34 (3.1%) | 15 (1.4%) |
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Oliveira, A.; Martínez, F.; Gil, L.; Luño, V. Morphological Characteristics of the Sperm of the Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) during the Reproductive Season. Vet. Sci. 2021, 8, 169. https://doi.org/10.3390/vetsci8090169
Oliveira A, Martínez F, Gil L, Luño V. Morphological Characteristics of the Sperm of the Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) during the Reproductive Season. Veterinary Sciences. 2021; 8(9):169. https://doi.org/10.3390/vetsci8090169
Chicago/Turabian StyleOliveira, Andrea, Felisa Martínez, Lydia Gil, and Victoria Luño. 2021. "Morphological Characteristics of the Sperm of the Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) during the Reproductive Season" Veterinary Sciences 8, no. 9: 169. https://doi.org/10.3390/vetsci8090169