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.)
Besides abnormalities of the male genital tract, we must always consider
the numerous factors in the female that may kill or weaken the sperms.
Impediments to successful coitus may be present in the form of vaginal
constrictions, abnormally short or small vagina, or other deformities.
Hostile exudates, mechanical obstructions, and other factors may
interrupt the progress of the sperms at any point in the tract.
Although little is known definitely regarding disorders of the
endocrines in the bull and their relation to reproduction, the work in
human medicine and experimental researches upon laboratory animals
warrant thoughtful consideration of these factors which are by no means
insignificant. In the future, these glands will no doubt receive more
and more attention in their relation to the genital organs and
reproduction.
CONCLUSIONS
1. The genital organs of the bull quite frequently undergo pathological
changes, due to infection with the same varieties of microorganisms
associated with genital infections in the female.
2. In all probability, these microorganisms are frequently eliminated
with the semen and infect the female during copulation.
3. Past or present infection in the genital organs of all the bulls so
far examined was evidenced by the presence of the fine connective tissue
tufts and strands upon the tunica vaginalis, particularly that part
covering the tail of the epididymis.
4. Lowered sexual capacity is, as a rule, accompanied by demonstrable
changes in the semen.
5. A study of impotency and sterility includes not only a thorough study
of the genital organs, but also those extrinsic factors which govern
reproduction either directly or indirectly.
6. A thorough knowledge of the anatomy and physiology of the male
genital organs is fundamental to a clear understanding of the problem.
I am much indebted to Drs. W. L. and W. W. Williams for some of the
material, and for helpful cooperation in the early part of the work;
to Drs. C. M. Carpenter and R. R. Birch for many helpful suggestions;
and to Dr. J. N. Frost and others who so kindly co-operated by placing
at my disposal samples of semen and some of the genital tracts.
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