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Studies pertaining to mercury and male fertility identified reduced concentration of testosterone in the serum of male workers, a toxic influence on fertility of organic mercury compounds within concentrations at the workplace, and increased days to pregnancy. We evaluated the effect of chronic mercuric chloride (HgCl<jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub>) exposure in male rats on reproductive endpoints. Thirty-day old male Sprague Dawley rats (<mml:math xmlns:mml=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML\"><mml:mi>n<\/mml:mi><mml:mo>=<\/mml:mo><mml:mn>31<\/mml:mn><\/mml:math>) were exposed to 0.0, 1.0, or 2.0\u2009mg\/kg\/day of HgCl<jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub>via gavage. After 60 days exposure, they were housed with nonexposed females for 21 days. A survivor analysis revealed the exposed animals took longer to impregnate the females and had a lower rate of impregnation. Further statistical analysis revealed a lower correlation between testicular testosterone levels and days to impregnate, and also lower sperm counts in the epididymis head and body of the exposed males. 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