Effect of male factor on the typology of vagina lumen epithelia cells in the female greater grasscutter
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2012
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Animal Science Association of Nigeria
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Fourteen female grasscutters were divided into the following treatments: No contact (NOC), Visual-Acoustic-Olfactory contact (VAOC), Acoustic-Olfactory contact (AOC) and Full Physical contact (FPC) with the male. The female animals were housed in pairs with all the treatments having a replicate each at the beginning of the study except VAOC, which had no replicate. Vagina smears were collected every other day from all the females for 7 days. The cells in the smear were classified into, intermediate, parabasal, superficial and metoestrus epithelial cell. In addition to the vagina epithelia cells the presence of leucocytes and mucous were also observed. Intermediate (21.00 – 97.00%) and parabasal cells (2.00- 58.00%) dominated the smear in all the treatment groups. Intermediate cells were highest in treatment group VAOC (60.33%) and lowest in FPC (41.0%) contrary to parabasal cells, which were highest in treatment, group NOC (44.00%) and lowest in VAOC (18.67%). Male influence seemed to exert no impact on the abundance of the vaginal epithelia cells in the treatment groups. In conclusion, male contact levels did not have any effect on the occurrence of vaginal epithelia cells. In addition, irregular presentation of vagina epithelia cells observed in the study indicated that the grasscutter could be an induced ovulator like the rabbit.
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Vagina epithelia cells, male influence, grasscutter
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Ajao, B.H. and Ola, S.I. (2012). Effect of male factor on the typology of the vagina lumen epithelia cells in the female greater grasscutter. Proceedings of the 17th Annual General Conference of Animal Science Association of Nigeria , G.N.Akpa, F.A.S. Dairo, G.S. Bawa, I.P.Solomon, K.U. Amaefuele, A.A. Odunsi, A.O. Ladokun (eds): 144 -147.