Nonylphenol reduces sperm viability and fertility of mature male breeders in Brown Tsaiya ducks (Anas platyrhynchos)

• Published in: Animal reproduction science Vol. 174; pp. 114 - 122
• Main Authors: Cheng, Min-Chien, Chiang, Hsin-I., Liao, Jiunn-Wang, Hung, Che-Ming, Tsai, Ming-Yang, Chen, Yu-Hsin, Ju, Jyh-Cherng, Cheng, Mei-Ping, Tso, Ko-Hua, Fan, Yang-Kwang
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier B.V 01.11.2016
• Subjects: alanine transaminase; Anas platyrhynchos; Animals; aspartate transaminase; blood plasma; Cell Survival - drug effects; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; Duck; ducks; Ducks - blood; Ducks - physiology; Fertility; Fertility - physiology; histopathology; Male; males; microscopy; Nonylphenol; Phenols - administration & dosage; Phenols - toxicity; reproductive performance; seminiferous tubules; spermatocytes; spermatozoa; Spermatozoa - drug effects; Spermatozoa - physiology; surfactants; testosterone; Testosterone - blood; ultrastructure; viability; Water Pollutants, Chemical - toxicity; Fertility; Duck; Nonylphenol

The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of nonylphenol (NP), a widely used surfactant, on the reproductive performance of male Brown Tsaiya ducks (Anas platyrhynchos) (MBBTDs). Mature MBBTDs (n=100) were treated with NP by daily gavaging of 0, 1 (NP1), 10 (NP10) and 250 (NP250) mg/kg-BW/...