
%0 Journal Article
%A Turnbull, KE 
%T The Transport of Spermatozoa in the Rabbit Doe Before and After Ovulation
%J Australian Journal of Biological Sciences
%D 1966/12/01
%V 19
%N 6
%P 1095-1100
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/BI9661095
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/BI9661095 
%X The number of spermatozoa in the fallopian tubes and in the uterus was recorded at 2, 3, and 4 hr P08t coitum (p.c.) in two groups of rabbits mated about 10 hr before (group A) or about 3 hr after ovulation (group B). Mean numbers of spermatozoa recovered from the fallopian tubes 2, 3, or 4 hr after mating tended to be greater in group B than in group A (P < O· 4, P < 0 '1, and P < 0'4, respectively). However, the ratio of the number of spermatozoa in the fallopian tubes to the number in the uterus was significantly higher in group B than in group A animals (P < 0'001); In rabbits killed 2 hr p.c., four of the six in group B but none of the six in group A had spermatozoa in the ampullae of the fallopian tubes. The results indicate that the rate of spermatozoan transport in the mated female is higher after than before ovulation. 
