HIGHLY SYMMETRICAL CRYSTALLIZATION IN SIX RECTILINEAR AND WELL-DEFINED AXES FOUND IN BOVINE CERVICAL MUCUS OBTAINED AT OESTRUS: A FINDING

Bovine cervical mucus (BCM) is important for selection and transport of spermatozoa. When air-dried, BCM obtained at oestrus exhibits arborescent crystallizations, among other arrangements. Considering the relevant endocrine and reproductive information indirectly obtained from BCM crystallizatio...

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Autores principales:	M. E. Cortés, F. González, R. Hauyón, P. Vigil
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Publicado:	Universidad Nacional de Colombia 2014
Materias:	bovine cervical mucus crystallization oestrus p6b mucus Animal culture SF1-1100 Veterinary medicine SF600-1100
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:9ebf357a0dc94482911665499644fb212021-11-11T15:53:10ZHIGHLY SYMMETRICAL CRYSTALLIZATION IN SIX RECTILINEAR AND WELL-DEFINED AXES FOUND IN BOVINE CERVICAL MUCUS OBTAINED AT OESTRUS: A FINDING0120-29522357-3813https://doaj.org/article/9ebf357a0dc94482911665499644fb212014-01-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=407639240006https://doaj.org/toc/0120-2952https://doaj.org/toc/2357-3813Bovine cervical mucus (BCM) is important for selection and transport of spermatozoa. When air-dried, BCM obtained at oestrus exhibits arborescent crystallizations, among other arrangements. Considering the relevant endocrine and reproductive information indirectly obtained from BCM crystallization, a morphological investigation was carried out to study its crystalline patterns. BCM samples were collected from healthy Holstein Friesian heifers at oestrus, their crystalline patterns photographed and its morphology analyzed. The majority of the crystallizations obtained showed the typical tree-like patterns reported for BCM. However, a highly symmetrical arrangement was found, characteri - zed by a star-like morphology with six straight, highly defined axes that protrude from the same central point, forming 60º angles. In terms of current knowledge, this short report is the first to show this crystallization geometry in BCM, which, additionally, is remarkably similar to P6 B mucus reported for periovulatory human cervical mucus. Even though the role of mucus presenting this type of crystallization is as yet unknown for bovines, its possible functions are also briefly discussed here.M. E. CortésF. GonzálezR. HauyónP. VigilUniversidad Nacional de Colombiaarticlebovine cervical mucuscrystallizationoestrusp6b mucusAnimal cultureSF1-1100Veterinary medicineSF600-1100ESRevista de la Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y de Zootecnia, Vol 61, Iss 2, Pp 164-170 (2014)
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topic	bovine cervical mucus crystallization oestrus p6b mucus Animal culture SF1-1100 Veterinary medicine SF600-1100
spellingShingle	bovine cervical mucus crystallization oestrus p6b mucus Animal culture SF1-1100 Veterinary medicine SF600-1100 M. E. Cortés F. González R. Hauyón P. Vigil HIGHLY SYMMETRICAL CRYSTALLIZATION IN SIX RECTILINEAR AND WELL-DEFINED AXES FOUND IN BOVINE CERVICAL MUCUS OBTAINED AT OESTRUS: A FINDING
description	Bovine cervical mucus (BCM) is important for selection and transport of spermatozoa. When air-dried, BCM obtained at oestrus exhibits arborescent crystallizations, among other arrangements. Considering the relevant endocrine and reproductive information indirectly obtained from BCM crystallization, a morphological investigation was carried out to study its crystalline patterns. BCM samples were collected from healthy Holstein Friesian heifers at oestrus, their crystalline patterns photographed and its morphology analyzed. The majority of the crystallizations obtained showed the typical tree-like patterns reported for BCM. However, a highly symmetrical arrangement was found, characteri - zed by a star-like morphology with six straight, highly defined axes that protrude from the same central point, forming 60º angles. In terms of current knowledge, this short report is the first to show this crystallization geometry in BCM, which, additionally, is remarkably similar to P6 B mucus reported for periovulatory human cervical mucus. Even though the role of mucus presenting this type of crystallization is as yet unknown for bovines, its possible functions are also briefly discussed here.
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author	M. E. Cortés F. González R. Hauyón P. Vigil
author_facet	M. E. Cortés F. González R. Hauyón P. Vigil
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title	HIGHLY SYMMETRICAL CRYSTALLIZATION IN SIX RECTILINEAR AND WELL-DEFINED AXES FOUND IN BOVINE CERVICAL MUCUS OBTAINED AT OESTRUS: A FINDING
title_short	HIGHLY SYMMETRICAL CRYSTALLIZATION IN SIX RECTILINEAR AND WELL-DEFINED AXES FOUND IN BOVINE CERVICAL MUCUS OBTAINED AT OESTRUS: A FINDING
title_full	HIGHLY SYMMETRICAL CRYSTALLIZATION IN SIX RECTILINEAR AND WELL-DEFINED AXES FOUND IN BOVINE CERVICAL MUCUS OBTAINED AT OESTRUS: A FINDING
title_fullStr	HIGHLY SYMMETRICAL CRYSTALLIZATION IN SIX RECTILINEAR AND WELL-DEFINED AXES FOUND IN BOVINE CERVICAL MUCUS OBTAINED AT OESTRUS: A FINDING
title_full_unstemmed	HIGHLY SYMMETRICAL CRYSTALLIZATION IN SIX RECTILINEAR AND WELL-DEFINED AXES FOUND IN BOVINE CERVICAL MUCUS OBTAINED AT OESTRUS: A FINDING
title_sort	highly symmetrical crystallization in six rectilinear and well-defined axes found in bovine cervical mucus obtained at oestrus: a finding
publisher	Universidad Nacional de Colombia
publishDate	2014
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HIGHLY SYMMETRICAL CRYSTALLIZATION IN SIX RECTILINEAR AND WELL-DEFINED AXES FOUND IN BOVINE CERVICAL MUCUS OBTAINED AT OESTRUS: A FINDING

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