Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Canine-specific tail-in, head-out sperm agglutination.
- Journal:
- Reproduction in domestic animals = Zuchthygiene
- Year:
- 2021
- Authors:
- Brown, G J et al.
- Affiliation:
- Department of Production Animal Studies
- Species:
- dog
Abstract
An interesting pattern of tail-in, head-out sperm agglutination was identified in a Brucella canis seronegative subfertile dog. Centrifuged seminal plasma from this dog could induce a similar pattern of agglutination in six other dogs, but not in ejaculates from a single stallion and two rams. The agglutination pattern was short-lived and appeared to depend on motility of spermatozoa, although intensity of agglutination may have been affected by concentration of agglutinating factor.
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