Histomorphometry of the uterine horn of queens (Felis catus) uterus submitted to ovaryhisterectomy

Authors

  • Cristina Maria Rodrigues Monteiro Departamento de Apoio, Produção e Saúde Animal do Curso de Medicina Veterinária da Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária da Universidade Estadual Paulista, Araçatuba
  • Silvia Helena Venturoli Perri Departamento de Apoio, Produção e Saúde Animal do Curso de Medicina Veterinária da Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária da Universidade Estadual Paulista, Araçatuba
  • Roberto Gameiro de Carvalho Departamento de Apoio, Produção e Saúde Animal do Curso de Medicina Veterinária da Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária da Universidade Estadual Paulista, Araçatuba
  • Adelina Maria da Silva Departamento de Clínica, Cirurgia e Reprodução Animal da Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária da Universidade Estadual Paulista, Araçatuba
  • Marion Burkhardt Koivisto Departamento de Clínica, Cirurgia e Reprodução Animal da Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária da Universidade Estadual Paulista, Araçatuba

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.1678-4456.v49i3p225-231

Keywords:

Uterus. Births number. Contraceptives. felines.

Abstract

Histomorphometric data were obtained from cats uterine horns: either nulliparous (n = 6), primiparous (n=6), multiparous (n = 6) and treated with contraceptive (n = 6). The material was collected after surgery, fixed in paraformaldehyde and embedded in paraplast® resin to be sliced in a microtome. The obtained sections were stained with hematoxylin - eosin and measured under a light microscope: uterine wall total thickness (μm), endometrium total height, endometrial glands diameter and glandular epithelia height, total myometrium, internal and external myometrium and vascular layer thickness. It was concluded that: 1 - contraceptive use and number of pregnancies altered the uterine structure, 2 - one pregnancy does not appear to affect the uterine lining structures as occurs in multiparous cats, 3 – there was no variation on the evaluated structures between nulliparous and primiparous cats except for inner myometrium, 4 - the total myometrium hight and the endometrium hight showed similar variations except for the contraceptive treated cats group, 5 - the outer myometrium showed marked changes in the treated cats, 6 – the less marked morphological variations were for the endometrial glands diameter and glandular epithelium hight, 7 - the presence of dilated endometrial glands was found only in treated cats.

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2012-06-06

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Histomorphometry of the uterine horn of queens (Felis catus) uterus submitted to ovaryhisterectomy. (2012). Brazilian Journal of Veterinary Research and Animal Science, 49(3), 225-231. https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.1678-4456.v49i3p225-231