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Morphology of the male agouti accessory genital glands (Dasyprocta prymnolopha Wagler, 1831)

2010; Colégio Brasileiro de Patologia Animal (CBPA); Volume: 30; Issue: 9 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1590/s0100-736x2010000900014

1678-5150

Danilo José Ayres de Menezes, Antônio Chaves de Assís Neto, Moacir Franco de Oliveira, Eduardo Cunha Farias,

Physiological and biochemical adaptations

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.