期刊
THERIOGENOLOGY
卷 161, 期 -, 页码 252-261出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2020.12.002
关键词
Color Doppler ultrasonography; Farm animals; Infertility; Semen quality; Testicular blood perfusion
资金
- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) [19F19101, P19101]
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [19F19101] Funding Source: KAKEN
The potential applications of Doppler imaging technology in farm animals are mostly limited to females, particularly in assessing testicular blood perfusion. Color Doppler ultrasonography plays a crucial role in evaluating blood flow to the testis in various animal species. Despite the significant studies highlighting the importance of TBP assessment, there are still limitations in routine on-farm application for breeding soundness assessments.
Compared to human cases, potential applications of Doppler imaging technology in farm animals' practice are still limited and are mostly concerned with females. Testicular blood perfusion (TBP) is the pathway through which all nutrients, oxygen, and regulatory agents pass through to the testis. TBP is crucial to the testis function because of the high metabolic rate and very low concentration of oxygen in the seminiferous tubules, which constitute about 70%-80% of the testicular mass. Color Doppler ultrasonography is one of the recent non-invasive technologies, which plays a vital role in the assessment of blood flow to the testis in various animal species. In the past 20 years, a significant number of studies have highlighted the importance of assessments of TBP using color Doppler ultrasonography to illustrate its potential uses for breeding soundness examination, diagnosis, and monitoring of infertility problems in farm animals. This review was aimed at providing, for the first time, updated knowledge on the potential clinical uses of color Doppler ultrasonography for the assessment of TBP in domestic animals. Additionally, a few essential details on the relationship between TBP and male fertility are discussed in this review. Furthermore, a number of caveats relating to the use of color Doppler ultrasonography are discussed, which collectively appear to constrain its routine, on-farm application for breeding soundness assessments, at least at the present. The new perspectives related to animal reproduction that researchers claim to do in further investigations are also discussed. (C) 2020 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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