N Kirihara   A Naganawa   T Hori   E Kawakami   T Tsutsui   
JOURNAL OF VETERINARY MEDICAL SCIENCE 67(1) 1-6 2005年1月 [査読有り]
To induce luteal regression-related abortion/delivery and treat pyometra in dogs, various PGF(2alpha)- analogues (PGAs)mu are administered, but a PGA most appropriate for clinical application in dogs, with a low incidence of side effects, is being...
E Kawakami   T Ozawa   T Hirano   T Hori   T Tsutsui   
JOURNAL OF VETERINARY MEDICAL SCIENCE 67(1) 83-85 2005年1月 [査読有り]
The right testis and epididymis were excised from a Beagle dog that ejaculated high percentages of sperm with detached tails and with coiled tails. Cross sections of the organs were stamped on glass slides and histological examination of the organ...
T. Hori   T. Hori   E. Kawakami   T. Tsutsui   
Reproduction in Domestic Animals 39(5) 298-302 2004年10月 [査読有り]
As an experiment to elucidate the canine luteal function maintenance system, a PGF2α-analogue, fenprostalene (PGF-F), was administered 24 and 54 days after ovulation to induce luteal regression, and the responses of luteinizing hormone (LH) and pr...
T Tsutsui   A Kurita   N Kirihara   T Hori   E Kawakami   
JOURNAL OF VETERINARY MEDICAL SCIENCE 66(9) 1021-1025 2004年9月 [査読有り]
Several studies have reported that the plasma testosterone (T) level and semen volume are compensated after hemicastration (HEC) in adult dogs, but that the sperm count is not. Nevertheless, the effects of HEC in prepubertal dogs have not been rep...
E Kawakami   T Hirano   T Hori   T Tsutsui   
JOURNAL OF VETERINARY MEDICAL SCIENCE 66(9) 1027-1031 2004年9月 [査読有り]
The relationship between the disappearance of glycoproteins from the surface of canine sperm and sperm capacitation was investigated in vitro. The protease (PR) concentration in flush fluids of the uterine horns and oviducts removed from 6 estrous...