Decreased motility of bull spermatozoa caused by Mycoplasma bovigenitalium
Panangala, V.S.; Winter, A.J.; Wijesinha, A.; Foote, R.H.
American Journal of Veterinary Research 42(12): 2090-2093
1981
ISSN/ISBN: 0002-9645 PMID: 7041703 Document Number: 173410
Mycoplasma bovigenitalium mixed with bull semen in egg yolk-citrate buffer and held at 5 C caused a highly significant time- and dose-dependent depression in sperm motility. Mycoplasma adhered to a majority of spermatozoa, principally to the acrosome, but also the the midpiece and tail. This may reflect the basis for a naturally observed condition in young bulls in which genital mycoplasmosis is associated with low sperm motility.