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Morphometric classification of Spanish thoroughbred stallion sperm heads.

Carles SolerInmaculada RodríguezManuel HidalgoJesús Dorado

subject

Maleendocrine systemurogenital systemSperm HeadDiscriminant AnalysisSemenGeneral MedicineAnatomyBiologySpermAndrologyEndocrinologyFood AnimalsSpainImage Processing Computer-AssistedAnimalsSperm HeadAnimal Science and ZoologyHorsesreproductive and urinary physiology

description

This work used semen samples collected from 12 stallions and assessed for sperm morphometry by the Sperm Class Analyzer (SCA) computer-assisted system. A discriminant analysis was performed on the morphometric data from that sperm to obtain a classification matrix for sperm head shape. Thereafter, we defined six types of sperm head shape. Classification of sperm head by this method obtained a globally correct assignment of 90.1%. Moreover, significant differences (p<0.05) were found between animals for all the sperm head morphometric parameters assessed.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2007-01-05Animal reproduction science
10.1016/j.anireprosci.2007.06.001https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17628363