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From: Interaction of different Chlamydiae species with bovine spermatozoa

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Viable Chlamydia abortus und psittaci signicantly decrease a. total and b. progressive motility of bovine spermatozoa. Percentage of immotile bovine sperm (normalized against saline control) coincubated at 35 °C with viable and heat-inactivated Chlamydia (MOI = 1) for 24 h. Results are depicted as mean values ± SD of 5 replicates. Motility of spermatozoa co-incubated with viable Chlamydiae spp. was significantly reduced from 9 h onwards compared to motility of spermatozoa incubated with heat inactivated Chlamydiae (p < 0.0001)

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