Poliorquidismo em coelho / Polyorchidism in a rabbit
Santiago, Hérika Regina Vieira; Paredes, Laura Jamille Argolo; Lopes, Ligiane Ribeiro; Costa, Jecilene Santos; Souza, Maria Geiciane Manço; Marinho, Leony Soares; Pereira, Washington Luiz Assunção; Bittencourt, Ruth Helena Falesi Palha De Moraes.
R. bras. Reprod. Anim.;
40(4): 624-625, Out-Dez. 2016.
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em Português
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Resumo
Polyorchidism is a rare congenital anomaly defined as the presence of more than two histologicallyproven testicles. In this context, the objective of this study is to report the occurrence of two intra-abdominalsupernumerary testis in a rabbit. A rabbit was referred to the ISPA/UFRA for elective orchiectomy. On physicalexamination, it was detected the presence of testicles in the scrotum. In the necropsy record was describedpresence of bilateral structure similar to testis and epididymis which microscopically showed normalmorphology. This case report describes for the first time polyorchidism in a rabbit with two intra-abdominaltestis and two testicles located in the scrotum proven through histological analysis.(AU)
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