Epididymal sperm reserves of the goat (Capra hircus)

Epididymal sperm reserves were determined in 6 sexually mature goats. The numbers of spermatozoa in the caput, corpus and cauda epididymidis were 1.90 +/- 0.16, 0.66 +/- 0.04 and 6.18 +/- 0.91 x 10(9) respectively and they represented 21.7, 7.5 and 70.8% respectively of the sperm reserve on that side. The total epididymal sperm reserve/male was about 17.5 x 10(9) spermatozoa.