Pituitary-testes relationship of the buffalo in egypt

The testes cnd the pituitary glands of 50 buffalo bulls at different ages from birth to 24 months were usedpresent histological and histochemical investigation .At birth the testicular parenchyma was formed of sex Their luminntion s t ar t ed at 3 months, increased months and was quite evident at 9-12 months of age. The germinal epithelium in the sex cords was formedbasal m1d centrel indifferentiated cells. Proli- of cells occured at 9-12 months~ s9crmatogenesiss est ab Ld.ahe d at 1)-15 months and was proceeded at 16- Immature Leydig cells appeared in the interstitialssue of 9-12 months aged animals and reached maturity ,13-15 months of age.The head of the epididymis of 16-18 months aged imals contained degenerated cells and a predotninance ofmat ur e sperms while that of 19-24 months cont ained a