Monthly changes in testicular ultrasonography and their association with ram sperm quality
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Universidad de Zaragoza
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Testicularultrasonographyisanon-invasive,complementarytechniquewhichprovidesinformationabouttestesechotextureandbloodflow.Theechotexture,or theultrasonographicappearanceofthetissue,canbeassessedbydeterminingthepixels’ intensityanduniformity. Asspermatogenesisintheramtakesabout 50dtocomplete,afterwhichtimethespermatozoaentertheepididymisforfinalmaturation,ultrasonographicscanningoftheram’stestesmayallowusto predictthequalityof fullymaturespermatozoaejaculatedinabout60d.Hence, informationabouttesticulartissueswouldbearapiddeterminationof the presentandthefuturesemenquality,respectively.Thus,thisstudyaimedtoevaluateseasonaldifferencesintestisultrasonographyparametersprovidedbythe ECOTEXTsoftware(Humeco,Spain), resistive(RI)andpulsatilityindexes(PI)byDoppler,andtheirrelationshipwithpresentandfuture(4and8weeksafter ultrasonographyevaluation)spermquality.
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Ram, Sperm quality, Testicular ultrasonography, Ganadería y especies menores