Effect of magnetized water on morphologically abnormal sperms and histopathological status of testis in mice

Abstract

ifty white Swiss male mice (6-7) weeks of age were randomly divided into two groups, and each group included 25 mice. Group 1 (treatment group) were get magnetic water, group 2 (control group) were get tap water. After whole experimental period (16 weeks), Animals sacrificed and sperms were collected from epididimyes, then histopathology for testis tissue was done and morphologically abnormal sperm of head sperm percentage were calculated. Results revealed that abnormalities of head sperm percentage in treatment group 0.99% were reduced compared with control group 1.03%, but the differences were not significant. Means of narrow head, loss hook head, hammer head and bacillary head in control group were insignificantly (P>0.05) more than treatment group, but mean of spherical head in treatment group 1.63 was mathematically higher than its similar in control group 1.44, simple correlation coefficient between all kinds of abnormalities was insignificant except that between loss hook head and hammer head (-0.27) which exhibited significant differences (p<0.05). No significant reduction was observed in motality percentage of sperms, dead and abnormalities of sperms in the treatment group compared to control group. Significant increase (P<0.01) was observed in seminiferous tubules diameters in the treatment group, whereas primary spermatocytes, spermatids and interstitial spaces exhibited insignificant increase in treatment group compared with control group.