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Rat testes are studied 1 month after addition of physiological and excessive doses of pollak liver oil to diet. High doses of pollak liver oil cause degenerative changes in the spermato-genous epithelium, primarily in high differentiated cells (spermatozoa, spermatids, and spermatocytes I). In a dose of 1 g/kg pollak liver oil causes damage to connective tissue of convoluted tubules, which results in aspermia and sterility.
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Translated fromByulleten' Eksperimental'noi Biologii i Meditsiny, Vol. 125, No. 6, pp. 699–701, June, 1998
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Chertok, V.M., Botvich, T.A. Effect of pollak liver oil on morphology and function of rat testes. Bull Exp Biol Med 125, 623–625 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02445258
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02445258