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Plasma And Testicular Testosterone Levels, Volume Density And Number Of Leydig Cells And Spermatogenic Efficiency Of Rabbits, A.C.S. Castro, William E. Berndtson, F. M. Cardoso
Plasma And Testicular Testosterone Levels, Volume Density And Number Of Leydig Cells And Spermatogenic Efficiency Of Rabbits, A.C.S. Castro, William E. Berndtson, F. M. Cardoso
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Plasma and tissue testosterone concentrations were determined by radioimmunoassay in 12 eight-month-old sexually mature New Zealand White rabbits and evaluated for possible associations with spermatogenic efficiency as well as with volume density and number of Leydig cells. Testicular tissue was processed histologically and histometry was performed in order to quantify germ cells, Sertoli cells and Leydig cells. Spermatogenic efficiency, reported as the ratios among germ cells (spermatogonia, primary spermatocytes and round spermatids) and by the ratio of germ cells to Sertoli cells, was not associated with testosterone levels. However, Leydig cell parameters such as number of Leydig cells per gram …