TY - JOUR
AU1 - Aulerich, Richard, J.
AU2 - Ringer, Robert, K.
AU3 - Sloan, Carol, S.
AB - Summary Semen was obtained from 122 of 147 attempted electro-ejaculations of 40 male ranch mink during the 1969 breeding season. Both anesthetized and unanesthefized mink were ejaculated using a bi-polar rectal electrode and an electrical stimulus of from 2 to 8 volts and 0.15 to 0.6 milliamperes applied for approximately 4 seconds and repeated at 10-sec. intervals. The average number of stimuli required to obtain an ejaculation was 7.3±.56. Sperm per ejaculate ranged from 0.5 to 12.5 × 106 with a mean of 3.75 × 106. The average volume of semen per ejaculate was .021 milliliters. Sperm motility in various extenders was estimated and some sperm abnormalities described. This content is only available as a PDF. Author notes 1 The authors wish to express their thanks to Mr. Bryan Larsen, Mr, Sulo Hulkonen and Miss Shirley Eymer for their technical assistance. This research was sponsored in-part by a grant-in-aid from the Mink Farmers' Research Foundation, Milwaukee, Wisconsin and was published with the approval of the Michigan Agricultural Experiment Station as Journal Article No. 4878. 2 Fur Animal Project, Department of Poultry Science. Copyright 1972 by American Society of Animal Science. American Society of Animal Science
TI - Electro-Ejaculation of Mink (Mustela Vison)
JF - Journal of Animal Science
DO - 10.2527/jas1972.342230x
DA - 1972-02-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/oxford-university-press/electro-ejaculation-of-mink-mustela-vison-wUG84I9hpG
SP - 230
EP - 233
VL - 34
IS - 2
DP - DeepDyve
ER -