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| Paim,Tiago do Prado; Viana,Pauline; Brandão,Eduardo; Amador,Samara; Barbosa,Tatiana; Cardoso,Caio; Lucci,Carolina Madeira; Souza,Jurandir Rodrigues de; McManus,Concepta; Abdalla,Adibe Luiz; Louvandini,Helder. |
| ABSTRACT Cottonseed coproducts contain gossypol which can have specific effects upon the male reproductive system. We evaluated the reproductive development of male lambs close to puberty fed on three cotton coproducts. Twenty-four 5-month old male lambs received four diets: 20 % of dry matter intake of whole cottonseed (WCS), high oil cottonseed meal (CSC), cottonseed meal (CSM), and a control group (CTL) without any cottonseed coproducts. Free gossypol intake was 16.32, 6.98, 5.47 and 0 mg kg−1 BW−1 d−1 for WCS, CSC, CSM and CTL, respectively. Every 15 days, the animals were weighted and serum and semen samples were collected. After 95 days, testis samples were collected for analysis under light and transmission electron microscopes. The CTL group had... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Gossypol; Sperm; Testis; Testosterone; Lamb. |
| Ano: 2016 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-90162016000600489 |
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