The Collection of Spermatozoa from the Domestic Fowl and Turkey
W. H. Burrows,J. P. Quinn +1 more
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A number of methods for obtaining semen from the fowl have been described, including mating a cock to a hen and immediately securing the fluid from the cloaca of the hen.About:
This article is published in Poultry Science.The article was published on 1937-01-01 and is currently open access. It has received 812 citations till now.read more
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Fowl semen as collected by the massage method
TL;DR: From observations on ejaculation, and a chemical test on the contents of the hen's vagina after natural and artificial insemination, it was deduced that the normal ejaculate of the cock is composed mainly of contents from the vasa deferentia, with some secretions from the mucosal glands of the vascular bodies and lymph folds.
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Combined effect of DHA and α-tocopherol enrichment on sperm quality and fertility in the turkey
TL;DR: The reproductive capacity of the male breeders was not affected by the diet; however the result is considered of some relevance for field conditions where even very small changes have economic interest being applied to large bird population.
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Use of the hypo-osmotic swelling test and aniline blue staining to improve the evaluation of seasonal sperm variation in native Spanish free-range poultry
Julián Santiago-Moreno,Cristina Castaño,Miguel Ángel Coloma,A. Gómez-Brunet,Adolfo Toledano-Díaz,Antonio López-Sebastián,J. L. Campo +6 more
TL;DR: The results show that high semen quality is associated with long day photoperiods and extreme heat or cold appear to exert a negative influence on sperm quality.
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A novel test of the phenotype-linked fertility hypothesis reveals independent components of fertility.
TL;DR: Although testosterone‐dependent ornaments may covary with testicular mass and thus reflect sperm production rate, the lack of phenotypic integration between gonadal and gametic traits reveals that the expression of an ornament is unlikely to reflect the overall fertilizing efficiency of a male.
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A Method of Obtaining Spermatozoa from the Domestic Fowl
W. H. Burrows,J. P. Quinn +1 more
TL;DR: The method presented in this paper consists of a manual elicitation of an ejaculatory response which is undoubtedly reflex in nature and can be obtained in a short period of time.
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Selective Fertilization in Fowls
TL;DR: An attempt was made to find out whether there was any selective preference in the union of sperm and egg cells in poultry, and it was found that self-fertilization was more effective or easier to make than cross fertilization.
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The inheritance of body weight in the domestic fowl
Morley A. Jull,Joseph P. Quinn +1 more
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The Influence of Certain Feeds Upon the Production of Spermatozoa by the Domestic Chicken
TL;DR: Experimental studies pertaining to the factors which may influence fertility in poultry have been limited to hatchability thus far, and for obvious reasons such studies have been confined to the female.
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A study of the spermatozoon of the fowl, with particular reference to osmiophilic bodies in the sperm head
F. B. Adamstone,L. E. Card +1 more
TL;DR: The purpose of this study was to learn something of the nature of the bead‐like bodies which occur in the head of the sperm of the fowl since it was found in a previous study that they are apparently affected in a characteristic manner by vitamin E deficiency.