TY - JOUR T1 - The Correlation Between Bull Sperm Head Dimensions and Mitochondrial Helix Length AU - Ciftci, H.B. AU - Zulkadir, U. JO - Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances VL - 9 IS - 7 SP - 1169 EP - 1172 PY - 2010 DA - 2001/08/19 SN - 1680-5593 DO - javaa.2010.1169.1172 UR - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=javaa.2010.1169.1172 KW - Bull KW -sperm KW -head KW -mitochondria KW -correlation KW -dimensions AB - The objective of this study was to find the relationship between bull sperm head dimensions, elongation, ellipticity and mitochondrial helix length in order to find a parameter for the measurement of sperm motion. Sperm cells were obtained from Holstein bulls and supravital stained with Nigrosin-Eosin then smeared on replicate slides. Sperm head length, head width, elongation, ellipticity and mitochondrial length were measured as 14.25±0.17, 7.27±0.23, 0.32±0.09, 1.98±0.18 and 20.30±0.15, respectively. But no statistically important correlations were found between these traits and mitochondrial lengths. ER -