Quantitative studies of the accessory reproductive organs of the male bandicoot rat--a common rodent pest.
The accessory organs of reproduction was studied in the male bandicoot rat--a wild pest of our locality. The investigation was carried out by weight and histology with measurement of epithelial tissue. It was found that the bandicoot rat showed all the accessory organs like that of the albino rat. But there are some difference in the weight of these organs. The weight of the testes and some accessory organs such as, epididymis (caput, corpus and cauda), vas deferens, dorsal and lateral prostates, coagulating and ampullary glands, as well as of the penis was lower than in the albino rat. But the preputial gland was significantly heavier in the wild rat. The micro-anatomical features of the accessory organs were virtually similar to that of the albino rat except with some deviations. The epithelial tissue area when measured in these organs in the bandicoot rat showed almost a parallel information with that of the albino rat except with some variations found in some organs. Such variations in the weight or histological structure of these organs could be due to the species-specificity of the animal studied.
D000818:Animals; D004702:Endocrine Glands / Q000166:cytology; D004822:Epididymis / Q000166:cytology; D005837:Genitalia, Male / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D008297:Male; D009115:Muridae / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D011467:Prostate / Q000166:cytology; D051381:Rats; D012671:Seminiferous Tubules / Q000166:cytology; D014649:Vas Deferens / Q000166:cytology