Testicular and epididymal ultrasonography for the assessment of semen quality in the indigenous ram |
Sarker, Suchana
(Central Artificial Insemination laboratory)
Zohara, Begum Fatema (Department of Medicine, Surgery and Obstetrics, Hajee Mohammad Danesh Science and Technology University) Azizunnesa, Azizunnesa (Department of Medicine and Surgery, Chittagong Veterinary and Animal Science University) Islam, Md. Faruk (Department of Medicine, Surgery and Obstetrics, Hajee Mohammad Danesh Science and Technology University) Bari, Farida Yeasmin (Department of Surgery and Obstetrics, Bangladesh Agricultural University) |
1 | Gouletsou PG, Amiridis GS, Cripps PJ, Lainas T, Deligiannis K, Saratsis P, Fthenakis GC. 2003. Ultrasonographic appearance of clinically healthy testicles and epididymides of rams. Theriogenology 59:1959-1972. DOI |
2 | Pervage S, Hassan MR, Ershaduzzaman M, Khandoker MAMY. 2009. Preservation of liquid semen and artificial insemination in native sheep. J. Bangladesh Agric. Univ. 7:305-308. DOI |
3 | Ahmad N, Noakes DE, Subandrio AL. 1991. B-mode real time ultrasonographic imaging of the testis and epididymis of sheep and goats. Vet. Rec. 128:491-496. DOI |
4 | Gergatz E. 2007. [Artificial insemination of sheep]. In: Pecsi T (Ed.), [Artificial Insemination of Domestic Mammals], Mezogazda Press, Budapest, pp. 335-367. Hungarian. |
5 | Guerrero VH, Huanca LW, Raymundo TF, Huerta OS, Ramos D. 2009. [Hypertonic extenders in the cryopreservation of ovine semen]. Rev. Investig. Vet. Peru 20:41-46. Spanish. |
6 | Herman HA and Madden FW. 1963. The Artificial Insemination of Dairy and Beef Cattle: A Handbook and Laboratory Manual. Lucas Brothers, Columbia, pp. 579-610. |
7 | Kastelic JP, Cook RB, Pierson RA, Coulter GH. 2001. Relationships among scrotal and testicular characteristics, sperm production, and seminal quality in 129 beef bulls. Can. J. Vet. Res. 65:111-115. |
8 | Pugh CR, Konde LJ, Park RD. 1990. Testicular ultrasound in the normal dog. Vet. Radiol. 31:195-199. DOI |
9 | Zaher HA, Alawaash SA, Swelum AA. 2020. Effects of season and breed on the reproductive performance of sheep. J. Anim. Reprod. Biotechnol. 35:149-154. DOI |
10 | Ibrahim AA, Aliyu J, Ashiru M, Jamilu M. 2012. Biometric study of the reproductive organs of three breeds of sheep in Nigeria. Int. J. Morphol. 30:1597-1603. DOI |
11 | Jha PK, Alam MGS, Al Mansur MA, Talukder MRI, Naher N, Rahman AKMA, Hall DC, Bari FY. 2020. Effects of number of frozen-thawed ram sperm and number of inseminations on fertility in synchronized ewes under field condition. J. Anim. Reprod. Biotechnol. 35:190-197. DOI |
12 | Kulaksiz R, Cebi C, Akcay E. 2012. The effect of different extenders on the motility and morphology of ram sperm frozen or stored at 4 ℃. Turk. J. Vet. Anim. Sci. 36:177-182. |
13 | Kahn W. 2004. Veterinary Reproductive Ultrasonography: Horse, Cattle, Sheep, Goat, Pig, Dog, Cat. Schlutersche, Hannover, pp. 256. |
14 | Soderquist L. 1991. Sperm characteristics and fertility in dairy AI bull. Phd thesis, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences. |
15 | Tatsunami S, Matsumiya K, Tsujimura A, Itoh N, Sasao T, Koh E, Maeda Y, Eguchi J, Takehara K, Nishida T, Miyano S, Tabata C, Iwamoto T. 2006. Inter/intra investigator variation in orchidometric measurements of testicular volume by ten investigators from five institutions. Asian J. Androl. 8:373-378. DOI |
16 | Palasz AT, Cates WF, Barth AD, Mapletoft RJ. 1994. The relationship between scrotal circumference and quantitative testicular traits in yearling beef bulls. Theriogenology 42:715-726. DOI |
17 | Liu X, Hart EJ, Petrik JJ, Nykamp SG, Bartlewski PM. 2008. Relationships between ultrasonographic image attributes, histomorphology and proliferating cell nuclear antigen expression of bovine antral follicles and corpora lutea ex situ. Reprod. Domest. Anim. 43:27-34. DOI |
18 | Cartee RE, Gray BW, Powe TA, Hudson RS, Whitesides J. 1989. Preliminary implications of B-mode ultrasonography of the testicles of beef bulls with normal breeding soundness examinations. Theriogenology 31:1149-1157. DOI |
![]() |