Thomas, BB; Oommen, MM

Indian Journal of Experimental Biology [Indian J. Exp. Biol.], vol. 37, no. 3, pp. 296-299, Mar 1999

Male South Indian gerbils (T. indica curvieri), both adults and weanlings, were olfactory bulbectomised (OBX) and changes in male reproductive behaviour were assessed. Consequent to OBX, majority of the adult males failed to ejaculate, and courtship behaviour has also been considerably reduced. All OBX weanlings were rendered incapable of ejaculation. However, maturational parameters, and organ weights (testes, epididymis and seminal vesicle) remained unchanged in OBX males.