
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Brown-Woodman, PDC 
A1  - White, IG 
T1  - Disruption of the Metabolism, Motility and Morphology of Spermatozoa by Injection of a-Chlorohydrin Into Rams
JF  - Australian Journal of Biological Sciences
JO  - Aust. Jnl. Of Bio. Sci.
Y1  - 1976
VL  - 29
IS  - 6
SP  - 545
EP  - 556
KW  - 
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/BI9760545 
N2  - Ejaculated spermatozoa from rams given intramuscular injections of <x-chlorohydrin (25 mg/kg, daily for 5 days) were studied. Respiratory and glycolytic activity of the spermatozoa was almost entirely suppressed within 1 day and motility had decreased within 4 days of the first injection. Morphologically abnormal spermatozoa appeared in ejaculates after 2 weeks. The most common abnormality was an increase in the number of spermatozoa with looped or bent tails. There was little change in the fructose or amino acid concentration of the seminal plasma. All effects of <x-chlorohydrin were fully reversible. It is suggested that the initial primary mode of action of <x-chlorohydrin is to disrupt the metabolism of spermatozoa in the cauda epididymis. 
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