Abstract
Oviductal tissue from fertile and infertile turkey breeder hens was stained immuno-histochemically to test for the presence of antibody positive cells. Relatively infertile turkey hens (< 50% fertility) were found to have antibody positive cells within the uterovaginal sperm storage tubule epithelium, while fertile turkey hens (> 90% fertility) had no antibody positive cells. Data suggest a local immune response to spermatozoa exists in the uterovaginal sperm storage tubules of the turkey hen which may have a detrimental effect on fertility.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 955-961 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | Theriogenology |
| Volume | 31 |
| Issue number | 5 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - May 1989 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Small Animals
- Food Animals
- Animal Science and Zoology
- Equine
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