Morphological studies on the male genital organs of buffalo-bulis before puberty

Morphological studies on the male genetalia of’Bqffa1o-bu11s Before ~uberty.ThE; study on the biometry of the reproductive organs and someendocrine glands (pituitary, thyroid and adrenals) of 68 buffalo-bulls (in egypt) at different a~es (1-+_8 month) gave the fo11owin~ rGsults.A. Edocrines:The a ve r a g e Height of pituitary, thyroid ’lnd adrenalgl~nds were 0.38-1.41, 4.24-17.75 ~nd 5.10-17.1 Rn at thea s; e s 1 - 2 and 1 7 -18 m 0 nth s res p e c t i ’1 e 1 y •T:’10 a v e r vz e Le ng t .a , b r ea d t l: an d thickness of thepituitary r;land a t 1-2 and 17--’_tl ;,~’)ne~;’J w e r e O.92xO.(JOxO.66cm and 1.33xl.09xO.B2 c~ resp0ctiv~ly.The average measurements of the thyroid gland at thesame a~e ~roups were 2.92x2.02xO.70 cm and 4.35x3.25xO.84cm, l;:lil,~ tl-JOSC of the a d r-e na Le w e r e 3.3xl.!+6xO.72 and5.63x2.66xO.85 CM respectively.It was found that these glan~s frow steadily in. ,~ t’ l’ t” 1 t ~ ~He:;,:,! L l_J. -::le ~ /-’:3of post-natal life thenmo n t h stheir rate of yrowtll slow down 3rad’.J~11y thereafter.Mor~over, significant coefficient of cor~e13tion w~so b t a i ne d b e t we e n t h e I,veigi1t of ’t h e s e ’Slands and both ~ge and body weight.