
handle: 11449/95986
The aim of this study was to accompany the process of testicular development from the indifferentiable phase to its complete formation. Embryos and fetuses of Nelore breed cows (Bos taurus indicus) were obtained in slaughterhouses near the Uberlandia city, Minas Gerais. As soon as the females were slaughtered, the uterus was opened and the embryos and fetuses gathered. The gonads and the smaller embryos were fixed in Bouin's fixative and afterwards processed for conventional optical microscopy. It was carried out the PCR (Polymerase Chain Reaction) from parts of embryos whose sex could not be identified macroscopically. The gonadal ridge was observed firstly in a 1.0 cm long embryo. In 2.5 cm long embryos the presence of the albuginea allowed the sex identification. The mean thickness of the albuginea ranged from 29.1 to 558.5 mm. Gradually increase of vascularization of the albuginea and parenchyma was observed. The mediastinum was located centrally. There was a decrease in the space occupied by the testicular cords, from 63.7 to 42.0 % of the total testes volume. Its diameter ranged from 31.7 to 48.8 mm. The diameter of germinal cells (and their nuclei) ranged from 12.3 (6.6) to 16.9 914.2) mm. The quantity of germinal cells by cross section of cord decreased from a maximum of 2.8 to 0.86. The total number of germinal cells was from 16 at the beginning of colonization of the gonad to 18.3 x 106 at the end of the study. The number of Sertoli's cells by cross section of cord ranged from 10.0 to 16.2. The results showed that the origin and formation of testes in embryos and fetuses from Nelore breed cows (Bos taurus indicus) does occur in a very similar way to what is described for Bos taurus taurus.
Os glicosaminoglicanos polissulfatados (GAGPS) são amplamente utilizados no tratamento das doenças articulares degenerativas de várias espécies. O escopo deste estudo foi o de analisar morfologicamente o efeito do tratamento com glicosaminoglicanos polissulfatados (GAGPS) na organização do colágeno na área de regeneração tendínea de tendões flexores superficiais em dez cavalos árabes de ambos os sexos após injúria pela colagenase. Segmentos de 20 tendões flexores digitais dos membros torácicos lesionados pela colagenase e tratados com GAGPS (n=10) ou com salina (n=10) foram corados pelo método de picrossírius e analisados em microscópio de luz polarizada 150 dias após a injúria. A análise morfométrica foi realizada contando-se o número de feixes de colágeno organizados e desorganizados em cada um dos animais, em lâminas coradas pelo método de picrossírius empregando-se ocular integradora Carl Zeiss. A área delimitada pela ocular integradora foi determinada por meio de retículo quadriculado (Olympus, Tokyo). Para as contagens foram tomados ao acaso cinco campos, de dois cortes em duas lâminas de cada animal onde foram considerados os feixes presentes nos pontos de intercessão das linhas do retículo. Os resultados foram analisados estatisticamente e revelaram significante aumento das fibrilas de colágeno organizadas nos tendões tratados com GAGPS. Desta forma, conclui-se que GAGPS foi efetivo na regeneração tendínea, sendo assim indicado por seu efeito morfológico no processo cicatricial observado neste estudo.
Pós-graduação em Medicina Veterinária - FCAV
Regeneração (Biologia), Tendões, Equino
Regeneração (Biologia), Tendões, Equino
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