EFFECT OF’ CASTRATION ON THE REPRODUCTIVE ACTIVITY OF ADULT BUFFALO BULLS | ||
| Assiut Veterinary Medical Journal | ||
| Article 27, Volume 12.1, Issue 23, May 1984, Pages 202-209 PDF (2.57 M) | ||
| Document Type: Research article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/avmj.1984.191072 | ||
| Authors | ||
| M.S.S. ABDOU; A.A. EL—MENOUFY; A.B.A. BADAWY; N.A. HEMEIDA | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Three adult sexually rested buffalo bulls were castrated at ii years of age. Four to five weeks after castration the bulls exhibited dimini- shed libido and failed to respond to a female teaser, indicating the great dependence of the adult buffalo on gonadal hormones. On the third week post-castration, eiaculates collected from these bulls were completely devoid of spermatozoa. The first post-castrational eiaculates showed twofold increase in their fructose and citric acid concentrations which is thought to be due to a transient effect, on the accessory glands, of androgenic steroids from the adrenals. Four weeks after castration citric acid was about 611% while fructose was 20% of the precastrate levels. At slaughter, 7 weeks after castration the gross morphology of the accessory glands was normal and there was more citric acid than fructose in the vesicular glands and ampullae. The histological picture of accessory organs 7 weeks after castration was described. | ||
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