Bakurdzhiev K
Vet Med Nauki. 1977;14(5):3-12.
The semen was studied of four rams of the Mutton Merino, Suffolk, "Kavkazki Merino* breeds and a local crossbred race, affected with infectious epididymitis and having semen deteriorated to a various extent, in order to establish the changes in the ultrastruct of spermatozoa through electron microscopy. The following conclusions were drawn on the basis of the results obtained: 1. The changes caused by Brucella ovis infection in such cases are chiefly concentrated in the head of spermatozoa. Detachment and rupture of the plasmalemma are observed along with the separation of the acrosome and galea capitis, swelling of the nuclear membrane, granulation and break-up of the nuclear matter. 2. The neck of spermatozoa where fast disintegration of the connective substance between it and the head and the complete separation of head and body take place, is slightly resistant. 3. The leucocytes in the semen phagocytize both Brucella organisms and a great number of spermatozoa (autophagocytosis of spermatozoa on a mass scale). The ultrastructure of the spermatozoa breaks up, and the leucocytes are ysed.
对患有传染性附睾炎且精液有不同程度恶化的肉用美利奴羊、萨福克羊、“高加索美利奴羊”品种的4只公羊以及一个本地杂交品种的公羊的精液进行了研究，以便通过电子显微镜确定精子超微结构的变化。根据所获结果得出以下结论：1. 在这些病例中，由绵羊布鲁氏菌感染引起的变化主要集中在精子头部。观察到质膜的分离和破裂，同时顶体和头帽分离，核膜肿胀，核物质颗粒化和破碎。2. 精子颈部与头部之间的结缔组织快速解体以及头部与主体完全分离的部位，抵抗力较弱。3. 精液中的白细胞吞噬布鲁氏菌和大量精子（大规模精子自噬）。精子的超微结构破裂，白细胞被溶解。
