Aspermatogenesis in a paralyzed opossum (Didelphis virginiana)
| Autor: | Robert Stuhlman, Jane N. Scott, H. Ira Fritz |
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| Rok vydání: | 1980 |
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Male
General Veterinary biology Didelphis urogenital system business.industry Opossums Anatomy Pouch young biology.organism_classification Lumbar medicine.anatomical_structure Opossum Progressive paralysis Testis Scrotum Paralysis Animals Medicine Animal Science and Zoology medicine.symptom Spermatogenesis business Vertebral column |
| Zdroj: | Laboratory Animals. 14:289-290 |
| ISSN: | 1758-1117 0023-6772 |
| DOI: | 10.1258/002367780781071076 |
| Popis: | Alterations of spermatogenesis have been correlated with loss of innervation to the testis and scrotum in several species (Setchell, 1978). While paralysis in the captive opossum has been reported (Fritz, 1971); the present report details aspermatogenesis in an opossum, Didelphis virginiana, with progressive paralysis of the hindquarters. 2 male opossums were obtained as pouch young and raised in laboratory animal facilities. One animal developed a progressive paralysis of the hindquarters 9 months after capture. X-ray examination of this animal revealed possible compression and soft-tissue swelling in the lower lumbar and sacral region of the vertebral column (Fig. 1). |
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