EFFECT OF SENDAI VIRUS ON THE RESPIRATION OF RABBIT SPERMATOZOA
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Rabbit spermatozoa have to undergo capacitation within the female reproductive tract for successful fertilization to occur (Chang, 1951; Austin, 1951). Although no morphological changes have been directly associated with the process per se (Bedford, 1970), oviducal and uterine fluids have been shown to stimulate sperm respiration in vitro (Olds & VanDemark, 1957; Hamner & Williams, 1963; Foley & Williams, 1967; Black, Crowley, Duby & Spilman, 1968; Iritani, Gomes & VanDemark, 1969) and in vivo (Hamner & Williams, 1963; Iritani et al., 1969). Ericsson, Buthala & Norland (1971) have fertilized rabbit ova in vitro with spermatozoa to which Sendai virus had been adsorbed. These spermatozoa had no previous contact with the female reproductive tract. In consideration of this apparent capacitating effect of Sendai virus, the present study examines the effect of the
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