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Experiments on the Disinfection of Sperm in Mammals, especially in relation to Dourine in Horses
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 06 April 2009
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The problem of sperm disinfection in mammals is not only interesting from the biological standpoint. It is of practical value especially in the horse-breeding industry.
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1 Whereas my work on the influence of alcohol on spermatozoa has been published (v. infra), that on the influence of radium and ultra-violet rays has not hitherto appeared, the records relating thereto having probably perished in Ascania-Nova (S. Russia). See Iwanow, E., “Action de l'alcool sur les spermatozoïdes des mammifères. Expériences sur la fécondation des mammifères avec le sperme mélangé d'alcool,” C. R. Soc. Biol. LXXIX. 480–484.Google Scholar
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1 As an infective agent I selected T. equiperdum, which escapes with the blood of stallions suffering from dourine when lesions are produced in coitus, the parasites consequently infecting the sperm. See my paper, “A contribution to the Biology of Trypanosoma equiperdum,” Parasitology, XIV. 315.Google Scholar
2 The mice received about 0·3–0·5 c.c. of salt solution containing 10 per cent, alcohol+ 5 drops of infective blood per 1 c.c. (See Note to Protocols of Experiments (p. 125) regarding this rough mode of dosage.)
1 The dosage by “drops” was very rough owing to the varying size of the drops expressed from the mouse's tail, the blood being collected in a fine pipette.
1 A preparation named “189,” manufactured in France, is being recommended as a specific remedy against trypanosomes; it may prove better suited for disinfecting the sperm than the drugs hitherto tested.
2 Iwanow, E. (1907), “Artificial Insemination in Mammals,” Arch. Biol. Sci. St Petersburg. (In Russian.)Google Scholar