Secretory organ of spherical substances in boar seminal gel.

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  • SATO Masamitsu
    Laboratory of Animal Reproduction, Faculty of Agriculture, Tohoku Uni- versity
  • MASAKI Junji
    Laboratory of Animal Reproduction, Faculty of Agriculture, Tohoku Uni- versity
  • HASHI-ZUME Chikara
    Laboratory of Animal Breed-ing and Reproduction, Faculty of Agriculture, Iwa-te University
  • NIWA Tazaemon
    Department of Zo-otechnical Science, Tokyo University of Agricul-ture

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  • ブタ射出精液中のにかわよう物表面に付着する球状物質の分泌部位について
  • ブタ シャシュツ セイエキチュウ ノ コウヨウブツ ヒョウメン ニ フチャクス

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Histological observations on boar genital organs were performed to investigate the secretory site of the spherical substances which had been found in the seminal gel.<BR>Spherical substances, approximately 20μm in diameter were detected only in the lumen of the terminal portion of bulbourethral glands.<BR>The spherical substances were stained with Azocarmine G, Sudan Black, Sudan III, IV and PAS.<BR>Process of the formation of spherical substances from small lipid granules was observed in the lumen of bulbourethrel gland.<BR>The spherical substances were observed, also, in the secretions from that organ.<BR>These observations made it clear that the spherical substances which had been found in the boar seminal gel were secreted from the terminal portion of bulbourethral gland.<BR>It was also suggested that they consisted of glyco-lipid granules.

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