A study of some factors influencing fertility and sterility in the bullGilman, Herbert Lester
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A study of some factors influencing fertility and sterility in the bull
Gilman, Herbert Lester
Cattle; Infertility in animals; Livestock; Thesis (Ph. D.)
Of the tracts, the pathology of which was studied, two were from aborted
fetuses; seven from apparently normal young calves; four from mature
fertile bulls; and sixteen from mature infertile or sterile sires. The
remainder (167) of those examined were from abattoir animals. Besides
these, three specimens of seminal vesicles, and seven of testes were
studied.
The tracts of the aborted fetuses and veal calves were apparently
normal, both on gross and microscopic examination of the vesicles and
testes. On gross examination, the tracts of the mature fertile bulls
were normal, except for the presence of many fine connective tissue
tufts and strands upon the serous covering of the tails of the
epididymes, and adjacent portion of the parietal layer of the tunica
vaginalis. Microscopic sections of all parts were apparently normal. The
more important pathological changes in the tracts of the sixteen sterile
or infertile bulls are given in the appended chart. The tracts are
numbered the same as in Group VI of the report of the bacteriological
findings; that is, any particular number in either table refers to the
same animal. References are made throughout the text to some cases which
appear in this group of animals. Prostate and Cowper’s glands are not
included in the chart as they were not examined in some, and were
negative in the others. Fibrous tufts and strands were present on the
covering of the epididymes in each animal.
The study of sections from the abattoir animals, as well as those from
the sterile or infertile bulls, forms the basis for the following
observations upon the pathology of the male genital tract. The tracts
secured from the abattoir were studied for the most part on the basis of
the organ rather than on that of the animal. For example, all sections
of testes were placed in the same bottle of fixer, and the same plan
followed for the other organs.
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