Histological and histochemical studies on the endometrium of the ewe

Histolcg and HistocheillistryThe his to logical and histochemiccOil studies of theendometrium of Osirni e wes were conducted in 86 genitalisof non pr-egnanf adult anim6ls collected from Cairo slaughterhouse in different stages bnd seasons of ”(;r16 year, thef o l.Lowi. ng res ul ts wer-e 0 b t af.re d:1. Surface. epithel1ium:- Till surface epithelium at the utero-tub6l junctionis thrOwn into folds •The endometria 1 epit helium was found to be pseudo-stratified c o Lumner- in the inl:; er caruncular areasduring pr oestrous. oestrous and metro estro us phases.be Lrg Simple columnar in the c~L1ncular areas amduring dioestrous phase.Regions 1 and s essoIllil vi:.riations v, ere not obs’L’v0d.- Lymphocytic infiltration of the su~face epitheliuwas little during proestrous ? o e st r-ous andme’t oe s+zo us phases but higher during dioestrus •- PAS reactivity was higher during oestrous andmetoestrous phases.