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. 1979 May;56(1):129-32.
doi: 10.1530/jrf.0.0560129.

The role of the seminal vesicles, coagulating glands and prostate glands on the fertility and fecundity of mice

S F Pang, P H Chow, T M Wong

The role of the seminal vesicles, coagulating glands and prostate glands on the fertility and fecundity of mice

S F Pang et al. J Reprod Fertil. 1979 May.

Abstract

Female mice were allowed to mate with males which had been sham-operated (Group 1); had seminal vesicles, coagulating glands and ventral and dorsal prostate glands removed (Group 2); had the seminal vesicles removed (Group 3); had the coagulating glands removed (Group 4) or had the ventral and dorsal prostate gland removed (Group 5). The pregnancy rate was normal in Groups 1 and 4, severely reduced in Groups 2 and 3 and less so in Group 5. Litter size was reduced in Groups 2 and 3 but not in Group 5. It is suggested that the seminal vesicles and possibly the prostate glands are important in the production of young in mice.

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