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Sperm structure of the cattle egret (Bubulcus ibis).
Roopnarine, Narindra H; Gupta, Sunil K; du Plessis, Lizette; Aire, Tom A.
Afiliação
  • Roopnarine NH; Department of Anatomy, Physiology and Pharmacology, School of Veterinary Medicine, St. George's University, True Blue, Grenada.
  • Gupta SK; Department of Anatomy, Physiology and Pharmacology, School of Veterinary Medicine, St. George's University, True Blue, Grenada.
  • du Plessis L; Electron Microscope Unit, Department of Anatomy and Physiology, Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa.
  • Aire TA; Department of Anatomy, Physiology and Pharmacology, School of Veterinary Medicine, St. George's University, True Blue, Grenada.
Anat Histol Embryol ; 49(6): 814-819, 2020 Nov.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32537793
It remains a major concern that sperm structure has continued to be poorly investigated and reported in avian species. To our knowledge, sperm structure in the order Pelecaniforme has not been reported. Although McFarlane (1963; Proceedings of the XIII International Ornithological Congress; Ithaca, NY; American Ornithologists' Union) reported the study of spermatozoa in two genera and two species of the family Ardeidae, he did not provide an account, or the names of the species examined. The present report on the sperm structure of the cattle egret, Bubulcus ibis, is, thus, the first in the order Pelecaniformes (this bird has been placed variably under the order Ciconiiformes, or the order Pelecaniformes). Five sexually mature and reproductively active male cattle egrets were obtained from the wild, humanely euthanized, the reproductive organs dissected out, and tissues from the ducti deferentia were prepared for transmission electron microscopy. The sperm structure of this bird is generally similar to that described for most non-passerine birds. However, the acrosome is a short, conical or bullet-shaped, blunt-ending organelle that lacks a perforatorium. The base of the acrosome is flat and makes contact with the nucleus along, a correspondingly flat plane. The nucleus, thus, ends anteriorly in a flat plane devoid of a concavity or a rostrum, and an endonuclear canal. The acrosomal and nuclear features of this bird are, therefore, main deviations from the situation in the non-passerine clade of birds.
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Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Espermatozoides / Aves Limite: Animals Idioma: En Revista: Anat Histol Embryol Ano de publicação: 2020 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: Granada País de publicação: Alemanha

Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Espermatozoides / Aves Limite: Animals Idioma: En Revista: Anat Histol Embryol Ano de publicação: 2020 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: Granada País de publicação: Alemanha