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Asian Journal of Biological Sciences

Year: 2008 | Volume: 1 | Issue: 2 | Page No.: 100-102
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R.F. Dehkordi

A. Parchami

P. Kheibari

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Studies on Foetal Testicular Development in Sheep

R.F. Dehkordi, A. Parchami and P. Kheibari
The aim of this study was to determine sheep fetal testis developmental aspects. Twenty clinically healthy prenatal Lori Bakhtiyari sheep foeti, ranging from 41 to 86 days of intra-uterine life were studied. Foeti were collected from Shahrekord abattoir, Iran and allocated into 4 age groups according to measured CRL. Tissue sections of the organs showed that the TA and tubular diameter and the No. of testicular tubules per any microscopic field increase progressively with age especially between the first and the second group than the other groups. A trend of absolute growth of the foetal testes on biometry regarding length, width and thickness was noticed as per the advancement of gestation period. The biometry of the right and left testis were different in all four age groups between right and left testes.
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