Veterinarska stanica, Vol. 52 No. 2, 2021.
Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.46419/vs.52.2.4
Doppler and B-mode ultrasonographic monitoring of accessory sex glands and testes in Barki rams during the breeding season
Ahmed Essam Elweza
; Veterinarski fakultet, Univerzitet u Sadatu, Sadat, Menofia, Egipat
Ahmed Mohamed Sharshar
; Veterinarski fakultet, Univerzitet u Sadatu, Sadat, Menofia, Egipat
Hamed Talaat Elbaz
; Veterinarski fakultet, Univerzitet u Sadatu, Sadat, Menofia, Egipat
Abstract
The aim of this study was to perform ultrasonographic imaging of the testes and accessory sex glands in adult Barki rams during the breeding season. The impact of testosterone on the Doppler indices of accessory sex glands was also investigated. Scrotal contents, pelvic urethra and accessory sex glands of twelve mature Barki rams were scanned with multiple imaging of B-mode and colour Doppler ultrasonography. Serum concentrations of testosterone, FSH and LH were determined. The results revealed that the breeding season changed the echogenicity of testicular parenchyma, spermatic cord, epididymal tail, glans penis and echotexture of accessory sex glands. Serum testosterone was 7.27±0.37 ng/mL, FSH was 6.46±0.2 and LH was 5.6±0.28 m IU/mL. The pulsatility index (PI) for the supra-testicular artery (STA), marginal artery (MA) of the testes and epididymal tail was 1.01±0.07, 0.58±0.04 and 0.5±0.04. The resistive index (RI) for the same structures was 0.6±0.04, 0.33±0.04 and 0.3±0.03, respectively. Importantly, testosterone downregulated PI and RI of the ampulla, vesicular gland, prostate gland and bulbourethral gland. In conclusion, the breeding season changed the echogenicity of reproductive organs and accessory genital glands of rams, and testosterone regulated the hemodynamic parameters of the accessory sex glands.
Keywords
breeding season; colour Doppler; rams; sex glands; testes
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239465
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Publication date:
1.12.2020.
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