E. Salari, A.R. Raji and N. Farzaneh
Department of Basic Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine,
Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, P.O. Box: 9177948974, Iran
ABSTRACT
Ovaries and oviducts of 12 non pregnant female camels and 5 non pregnant Holstein cows from the industrial slaughter house of Mashhad were examined. Sections (6 μm) were stained with Hematoxylin and Eosin (H & E), Periodic Acid Shif (PAS), Alcian blue (Ab), Van gisson (Vg), Verhof (V) and Masson's trichorome (Mt). The ovary of camel is flattened, lobulated measuring 3.54± 0.98 cm in length (mean ± SEM), 2.58± 0.57 cm in width and 7.66± 0.69 cm in thickness. Cortex of the she camel's ovary has many follicles in various stages of development, ranges between 40 ± 7.7 μm and 7.6 mm. Primordial follicle of camel was significantly (p<0.001) bigger (40.5± 7.33μm) than the primordial follicle of cow (34.7± 8.4 μm).
Histological structure of oviduct in camel was similar to cow. The secretion of epithelial cell of the oviduct in the camel was neutral mucopolysaccharides but in cow it was acidic mucopolysaccharides. Isthmus of camel was significantly thicker (850.2±252 μm) than the isthmus of cow (717.2±352 μm).
Key words: Camel, cow, histology, ovary, oviduct
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