EFFECTS OF DILUENT COMPOSITION ON THE METABOLISM OF BULL, DOG, RABBIT AND FOWL SPERMATOZOA

Abstract
A study has been made of the effects of potassium, magnesium, calcium and phosphate ions and their possible inter-relationships on the metabolism of bull, dog, rabbit and fowl spermatozoa. Respiration and fructolysis were measured and isotopically labelled fructose used to assess the contribution of fructose oxidation to total oxygen uptake.