Sturm, Sabina and Svara, Tanja and Spörndly-Nees, Ellinor and Cerkvenik-Flajs, Vesna and Gombac, Mitja and Weber, Anna-Luisa and Weber, Klaus
(2021).
Seminiferous epithelium cycle staging based on the development of the acrosome in ram testis.
Journal of toxicologic pathology. 34
, 331-338
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Abstract
Testicular histopathology is considered the most sensitive and reliable method to detect the effects of chemicals on sperm production. To carry out a sensitive examination of testicular histopathology and interpret the changes require knowledge of spermatogenic stages. Spermatogenic staging based on acrosome development during spermiogenesis is conventionally performed in animal species routinely used for research and toxicity testing. In contrast, small ruminants, such as sheep and goats, are rarely used as animal models to evaluate toxicity in male reproductive organs. To the best of our knowledge, a comparable spermatogenic staging system in rams has not yet been fully characterised. Hence, this study aimed to adapt the existing spermatogenic staging based on acrosome development in bull testes to fit the seminiferous epithelium cycle of ram testes. The results show that spermatogenic staging based on acrosome development in bull testes can, with slight modifications, be efficiently used for the staging of ram testes.
Authors/Creators: | Sturm, Sabina and Svara, Tanja and Spörndly-Nees, Ellinor and Cerkvenik-Flajs, Vesna and Gombac, Mitja and Weber, Anna-Luisa and Weber, Klaus | ||||||
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Title: | Seminiferous epithelium cycle staging based on the development of the acrosome in ram testis | ||||||
Series Name/Journal: | Journal of toxicologic pathology | ||||||
Year of publishing : | 2021 | ||||||
Volume: | 34 | ||||||
Page range: | 331-338 | ||||||
Number of Pages: | 8 | ||||||
Publisher: | JAPANESE SOC TOXICOLOGIC PATHOLOGY | ||||||
ISSN: | 0914-9198 | ||||||
Language: | English | ||||||
Publication Type: | Research article | ||||||
Article category: | Scientific peer reviewed | ||||||
Version: | Published version | ||||||
Copyright: | Creative Commons: Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 | ||||||
Full Text Status: | Public | ||||||
Subjects: | (A) Swedish standard research categories 2011 > 4 Agricultural Sciences > 403 Veterinary Science > Pathobiology | ||||||
Keywords: | ram, spermatogenesis, staging, acrosome development, spermiogenesis | ||||||
URN:NBN: | urn:nbn:se:slu:epsilon-p-114268 | ||||||
Permanent URL: | http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:slu:epsilon-p-114268 | ||||||
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ID Code: | 26089 | ||||||
Faculty: | VH - Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science | ||||||
Department: | (VH) > Dept. of Anatomy, Physiology and Biochemistry | ||||||
Deposited By: | SLUpub Connector | ||||||
Deposited On: | 11 Nov 2021 13:25 | ||||||
Metadata Last Modified: | 11 Nov 2021 13:31 |
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