[Influence of spermatogenesis on testicular fluid secretion in adult rats]

Unilateral efferent duct ligature mainatined for 24 h in adult Wistar rats, shows that the secretion of testicular fluid elevates progressively with the age of animals (from 10 mg/g/h at a 100 days to 13 mg/g/h at a 150 days). This technique when applied to rats in which spermatogenesis is temporarily inhibited by busulphan shows, by contrast with control animals, a change in the secretion of testicular fluid which is the converse of the variation of spermatogenesis.