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Pinho,Rogério Oliveira; Costa,Deiler Sampaio; Siqueira,Jeanne Broch; Chaya,Alberto Yukio; Neto,Tamires Miranda; Martins,Leonardo Franco; Guimarães,Simone Eliza Facioni; Guimarães,José Domingos. |
The objective of this study was to investigate the relationship between testicular echotexture and seminal quality, in addition to evaluate the testicular parenchyma echogenicity pattern in young Montana bulls classified as sound and unsound for breeding. Fifty-two young Montana Tropical Compound bulls from 22 to 33 months of age were used. The animals were previously evaluated by breeding soundness evaluation and thereafter divided into two groups of breeding soundness classes: 1 = 16 animals sound for breeding; 2 = 36 animals unsound for breeding by means of physical and morphological analysis of semen. All animals underwent an ultrasound examination of the testes, and the images were analyzed with the software "Image J". ANOVA was used for statistical... |
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/other |
Palavras-chave: Breeding soundness evaluation; Bulls; Reproductive physiology; Testicular ultrassonography. |
Ano: 2012 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-35982012000800023 |