Histological & histochemical on the ovaries of the Egyptian water-buffaloes

The ovaries of 339 nongravid sexual organs of Egyptian buffaloes were ”used in the course of this study!They were taken at different phases of the estrous eycle •Macroscopioal examination was carried out on 245 of them •.JMaterials for histological studies were collected from53 oases only~”_.:lie histochemical studies were done, using paraffin andfreezing sections of 41 ovaries.” The resuJ:ts of this work are summarized as l.’?ollows:-I J ANA.TOMI.CAL FllIDIN:GpI,(1) The average dimensions of the ovaries during the different phases of the cycle were statisticallycomputed as shown in Tr,ble (11).” (2) The average dimenstions of the corpora lutea areshown in’Table (Ill). It was shown that 1809% of the Gasesexamined in the diestrous phase showed a protruded cor~ oralutea. The high incidence of embedding corpora lutea nEgyptian buffaloes must be taken into consideration in thegynaecological, examination because -they may be ovenLool.ador misdiagnosed rectally.-’ (3) The mean largest diameter of the Graafian follicle ”in estrus is l.? cm.