Effects of exogenous hormones on the male reproductive organs of vitamin A-deficient rats
Ahluwalia, B.; Bieri, J.G.
Journal of Nutrition 100(7): 715-724
1970
ISSN/ISBN: 0022-3166 PMID: 5457045 Document Number: 24149
Male rats depleted of vitamin A were used, some with dietary supplement of 6 mg retinoic acid per kg diet. Controls were given 4 mg retinol per kg. Testes of deprived rats with or without retinoic acid were smaller, with degeneration of seminiferous tubules and no spermatids or spermatozoa, than those of rats given pregnant mare serum (PMS) for 35 days, which had nearly normal sized testes with normal sized tubules and spermatogenesis advancing, but spermatozoa were rarely found.