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| Paula,Tarcízio Antônio Rego de; Matta,Sérgio Luiz Pinto da; Silva Jr.,Valdemiro Amaro da; Costa,Deiler Sampaio; Fonseca,Cláudio Cesar; Neves,Marco Túlio David das. |
| This study aimed at the qualitative and quantitative characterization of the different intertubular tissue components in adult male capybara. Testes of 15 adult capybaras from a commercial slaughterhouse of wild animals were used. The average percentage of Leydig cells was 32.95 ± 10.03 %, whereas in the other components of the intertubular space it was 14.95 ± 4.79 %, thus the whole intertubular space totalized 47.91 ± 11.48 %. The average weight of the testes were 32.83 ± 4.78g, while the animals' body weight were around 52.37 kg and the gonadosomatic and leydigosomatic indexes were 0.125 ± 0.02% and 0.0411 ± 0.0148% respectively. It was concluded that the leydigosomatic index of the capybaras was lower than the one observed in rats, as well as the... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Intertubular space; Leydig cell; Testis; Capybara; Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris. |
| Ano: 2007 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-89132007000200014 |
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