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Abstract

subsp. infection can occur in female sheep, causing infertility or abortion. Despite extensive research on the effect of these bacteria on female fertility, little research has been done on the influence of subsp. on the male factor. Our objective was to examine the influence of subsp. on ram sperm. Motility index, percentage of live spermatozoa, mean t value (an indication of the chromatin stability of the sperm cell) and percentage of sperm cells expressing the FAS receptor were measured in sperm incubated in the presence or absence of subsp. . The motility index and viability of sperm incubated with the bacteria were lower than those of untreated sperm samples after 5 h. In bacteria-incubated sperm cells, the percentage expressing FAS receptor was already significantly elevated at 15 min. Bacteria-incubated sperm showed a greater prevalence of morphological damage. The bacteria were attached to tail and acrosome regions, and the sperm damage was concentrated in both the motility and chromatin regions. Bacteria-infected sperm cells showed a decrease in motility, increase in early acrosome reaction and chromatin damage. Similar effects were induced by incubation of the sperm with supernatants from subsp. cultures. Thus this study demonstrates that subsp. has a detrimental effect on the quality of ram sperm.

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