Responses of testosterone hormone concentration, semen quality, and its related pro-inflammatory cytokines in bucks following Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis and its mycolic acid infection

• Main Authors: Mohamad Nor, Nur Faeza, Abdullah, Faez Firdaus Jesse, Hambali, Idris Umar, Ahmed Odhah, Mohammed Naji, Chhalgari, Muhammad Umer, Mohammed Saleh, Wessam Monther, Mohd Lila, Mohd Azmi, Haron, Abd Wahid
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Springer 2019
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/82009/1/Responses%20of%20testosterone%20hormone%20.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/82009/; https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs11250-019-01878-2

Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis is the causative agent of caseous lymphadenitis, a debilitating chronic disease of sheep and goats. Little is known about the buck’s reproductive pathophysiology with respect to inoculation with Corynebacterium pseudotuberculois and its immunogen mycolic acid extra...