The Toxicity of Some Antibacterials to Fowl Spermatozoa

Abstract

In a study of the effect of a number of antibacterials on fowl spermatozoa, penicillin and sulphanilamide at 1 mg/ml, chloromycetin at O· 2 mg/ml, and terramycin at O· 5 mg/ml depressed motility at a 1 in 20 dilution of semen in a medium having a similar tonicity to fowl seminal plasma.