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Year 2010 - Volume 30, Number 9
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Morphology of the male agouti accessory genital glands (Dasyprocta prymnolopha Wagler,1831), 30(9):793-797
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ABSTRACT.- Menezes D.J.A., Assis Neto A.C., Oliveira M.F., Farias E.C., Miglino M.A., Pereira G.R., Ambrósio C.E., Ferraz MS. & Carvalho M.A.M. 2010. Morphology of the male agouti accessory genital glands (Dasyprocta prymnolopha Wagler,1831). Pesquisa Veterinária Brasileira 30(9):793-797. Departamento de Cirurgia, Universidade de São Paulo, Av. Prof. Orlando Marques de Paiva 87, São Paulo, SP 05508-270, Brazil. E-mail: antonioassis@usp.br
The morphology of the accessory genital glands of the male agouti was studied in twenty-three animals that were raised in captivity. Twenty animals had their genital glands dissected in situ for macroscopic description. The samples of each gland were recovered, embedded in paraffin, sliced and stained by Hematoxylin-Eosin technique. It was founded four pairs of glands: the vesicular glands, the coagulating glands, the prostate and the bulbourethral glands. Histological characteristics of the vesicular, coagulating and prostate glands showed similar morphology, within the pseudostratified columnar epithelium. The tubulo-alveolar type of the bulbourethral glands showed a lack of connective tissue among the tubules, a small amount of red stained presented it the cytoplasm, and the presence of vacuoles in the tissue. This study concluded that the agouti showed to have similar morphological aspect described in the others species of rodents. |
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