Anatomical studies No. 54. False masculine hermaphroditism in a pig (Path. no. 12926)

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01ulerstcvoort Journal of 1·eteri11nr11 Science a11d .elnimol b>clt1sl1·11, Foln1ne 4, Nmnlwr 2, A.pril, 1936.

Anatomical Studies, No. 54.

False Masculine Hermaphroditism 1n a Pig (Path. No. 12926).

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:E'U"C'RIE, Fnculty of Veteri.uary S\'ieuce, Uui\'ersity of Pretoria .

. \s the 1101·mal g-enitnlin (Pntli. So. 14028) f'lre shown in Fig. 2, it is necessary to tlescrihe 0111,,· the sHer11l regionnl nnomalie~ ns follows:

d) Two testes (T) ure j)1·esent instead or two o"aria (UY); (ii) eacl1 has nu epiclidym1$ (~} and ^1'<Urlcferm1> (VD). lt will he observed that thr lntter IPacls t·o n 11oi11I in the ,·if.inily of tl11• orificimn urethrae.

e.>'lc>-1wm (0{;.E). Hee tlol te<l lines. The l umcn, howe,·er, is exceed-

J 111.d.Y fine; (iii) the tu/we 11le·rii111c 111·e :1bsPnl: (iv) i·terux. Each cu1:11 ~t (C) is '' Uached to I he r]jstal eud of the co1Te$poud in.g

l!f)1duly11113, aucl not only 1s ti,,, tube less flcxuo11s. hut tl1e wall 1s

tl1i11. 'l'he cvr/)tWs (CP) is also t.hiu walle<l. The c1•rvi.v (CV) forms llw llSUnl long raual, hut this is tl1iu nnd hnlloou-shaped;

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rngina (Y) has a thicker wall but is stiJI less dev<>lopccl than nsun.l; :111d finr1lly (vi) the 1;i1/Jva (Vtil. alt.houg-IL t·hp most normal region.

lw~ a11 enforged dilol'is (CL). See Fif!. l.

H i.Holo,9icalf;y the testes show tlie comlition of nSJ)ermalogeuesis, nnu hn1oplasio of I he """~of J,e,nlig- is vei:y evident. See l~ig. 3.

For a clescriptioa ot trne Jip1·n11tph1'oclitism in the pig. sri:• a paper

h~· F. W. R. llrarul:Pll 0929). In the cuse in que~iion "t11e right gonad was au o,·otPsti~ und the leit wns a testis". Be mentions several rcferenl'es hut. omits Corner (?).

RHA:\lBEJ,L, F. W.

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(1929). Tho histology or au hermnphrodite pig and its de.-elopmenrnl sign11\ca11ce. Jl. Ano/. G3, pp. 397-407.

COlll\Eft, O. W. (?). A case of true lateral IJermophroditism in a pig with runctional 0\"llfy. OontribufiOM to 'E111Jiryofoo11 l'io. 54. Carnegie

Institution, Washington. ·

Klrt:nTJ<JT, G. (193.3). Knstrnlion intersexueller Siiu(l:etiere. .4ctu Veterincu·it1 S"1·lo11!liu. Tome l. Foscicul~ l. l>rukkcry J. V.

Doekhoven, li1recht.

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