Journal of Andrology Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on the Epididymis
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Table 2. Characteristics of breeding males in the PMDS pedigree
  ID   BW, lbs   No. of Litters Sired   No. of Offspring Sired   Sperm, million per ejaculatea   Position of Testes

  Normal males          
      A7   18   2   8   366   2 s
      A47   20   11   71   350   2 s
      A87   35   35   195   416-690   2 s
  PMDS males          
      A8   18   9   52   50   2 sb
      A9   18   5   19   40-140   1 c, 1 s
      A241 prepyometra   30   3   19   226   2 s
      A241 postrecovery   30   24   159   253-640   2 s
      A280   32   12   72   145-195   2 s

  Abbreviations: BW, body weight; c, cryptorchid testis; PMDS, persistent Müllerian duct syndrome; s, scrotal testis.
  aFor BW = 10-34 lbs, after sexual rest, the normal range for total sperm per ejaculate is 400 ± 110 million (Amann, 1986).
  bUnilateral segmental aplasia of epididymis, delayed testis descent into scrotum.





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