Histological Investigations on the Effects of Feeding with a Diet Containing Red Hot Pepper on the Reproductive System Organs of the Cock

Authors: AYTEKİN ÖZER, BERRİN ZIK, HATİCE ERDOST, NESRİN ÖZFİLİZ

Abstract: In the present study the growth and reproductive organ structural differences in cocks fed a diet containing 1% red hot pepper (10 g/kg diet) from the first day of age were investigated. In cocks fed the experimental diet body weight gain decreased; testes weight, length, width and wall thickness of the tubuli seminiferi convoluti increased; and the completion of spermatogenic cell serial formation took place earlier compared to the control group.

Keywords: Red hot pepper, cock, reproductive organs

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