Laser light scattering as a probe of sperm motility
M.W. Woolford, J.K. Woolhouse, D.S.M. Phillips, S.A. Hawley;
J.D. Harvey and P. Shannon, B. Curson
Ruakura Animal Research Station, Hamilton; University of
Auckland and New Zealand Dairy Board, Newstead, Hamilton
Proceedings of the New Zealand Society of Animal Production.
1980, 40: 124-129
Practical aspects of assaying live and dead fractions of bull
spermatozoa, as well as concentration effects and organism survival, are
briefly discussed. The technique and physical basis for the use of
laser light scattering in the assay is presented. Previous work
assumes that the high frequency signal components arise from translation
motion. Our recent work demonstrates that sperm rotation is responsible
for the high frequency photomultiplier-detector signals.
Keywords: NZSAPAB;
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