The target for the present study was to evaluate the effect of everweight in semina parameters and physiological processes such as sperm capacitation and acrosome reaction in vitro in White New Zealand rabbit sperm. The provided caloric diet induced overweight in the experimental group, presenting a rate of 18.5% more...
Overweight and obesity is characterized by an excess of adipose tissue that, in males, induces negative effects, such as: the aromatization of testosterone into estradiol, hormonal disorder and impaired fertility. Recent studies relate it to low sperm count and reduced sperm motility. When sperm leave the seminiferous tubules they need...