GONADAL DEVELOPMENT AND ACTIVITY IN (SURATI) MALE BUFFALO CALVES FROM BIRTH TO SEXUAL MATURITY
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1983
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AAU, Anand
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Gonadal develoiaiient and activity in Surati buffalo calves was studied from birth to maturity (in 17 stages), to correlate the gonadal histology with testicular and serun biochemical characteristics. The characteristics studied histologically in H. and E. stained sections; included seminiferous tubule diameter, tubular count, interstitial space per cent and various cellular elements in seminiferous tubule and the Leydig cells: the biochemical estimates were Alkaline Phosphatase (AKP), protein, cholesterol (free and total) calcium and phosphorus, both in testis and serum; the nucleic acids were estimated in gonadal tissues only. Similar studies were also made in calves hemi orchidectomized at birth from Day 1-300. Seminiferous tubule diameter increased four: fold during the period of study. The tubular count and interstitial space decreased during the same period. The cellular components at birth were only gonocytes and basal indifferent cells.
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REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY, A STUDY