Clinical implications of rhinoceros reproductive tract anatomy and histology
| Autor: | Nan E. Schaffer, George L. Foley, C. Earl Pope, Sophia Gill |
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| Rok vydání: | 2003 |
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Reproductive tract media_common.quotation_subject Zoology Rhinoceros Genitalia Male Species Specificity Pregnancy medicine Animals Perissodactyla media_common Retrospective Studies Epididymis General Veterinary biology Ceratotherium simum Reproduction Seminal Vesicles Histology General Medicine Anatomy Genitalia Female biology.organism_classification Immunohistochemistry Male accessory gland Parity medicine.anatomical_structure Animal Science and Zoology Female Duct (anatomy) |
| Zdroj: | Journal of zoo and wildlife medicine : official publication of the American Association of Zoo Veterinarians. 32(1) |
| ISSN: | 1042-7260 |
| Popis: | Reproductive tracts or tissues from five male black rhinoceroses (Diceros bicornis), two male white rhinoceroses (Ceratotherium simum), two male one-horned Asian rhinoceroses (Rhinoceros unicornis), seven female black rhinoceroses, and six female white rhinoceroses from multiple institutions were examined to characterize their anatomy and histology. Some observations and measurements were obtained from in situ tracts of intact animals before or during necropsy. Formalin-fixed tissues were dissected and examined histologically. Retrospective reproductive data from each rhinoceros was obtained from the institutions of origin. Reproductive histology of these species was similar to that of other mammals. Male accessory gland structure varied among species, and the Asian rhinoceros epididymis was more loosely attached and had larger duct diameters than did the epididymides of the African species. Although histology was typically mammalian, rhinoceros reproductive morphology combined characteristics of several different mammals. Defining this unique morphology of rhinoceroses may help in understanding their reproductive physiology and will effect the development of appropriate reproductive techniques. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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