MORPHOMETRIC FEATURES OF THE OVIDUCT AND UTERUS IN ADULT NORMAL AND OVARIECTOMIZED IRAQI BLACK DOES (Caprus hircus)

Abstract

In order to determine the effect of the removal of ovary on the anatomical properties of the oviduct and uterus in adult Iraqi black does (Caprus hircus), a total of fifteen young female Iraqi goats (age 2-3 months) were used in this study. The goats were allotted into three equal groups; group A includes young goats that left normal, while the group B comprised young goats underwent to right laparoscopic unilateral ovariectomy and the group C includes young goats subjected to bilateral ovariectomy. All animals in these groups were left to reach the adult stage (age 7 months), in which they underwent to removal the oviduct and uterus laparoscopically by using of harmonic scalpel. A total findings of the study revealed significant increase in mean of the length and width of oviduct in adult normal and unilateral ovariectomized does than those recorded in the does underwent to bilateral ovariectomy. In addition, the length and width of the uterine horns and uterine body showed significant decrease in the does subjected to bilateral ovariectomy from those detected in both normal and unilateral ovariectomized does. It concluded that the development of female genital organs depend on the level of the ovarian steroid hormones in does.