Congenital and acquired pathology of ovary and tubular genital organs in ewes: a review.
Advances in our understanding of ovarian cyclicity, pathogenesis of subfertility and/or infertility and reproductive pathology in food animals have frequently entailed examination of abattoir material. Despite the fact that most lesions in ewes are likely to be of relatively minor significance to fertility, results of previous studies suggest that lesions of the female reproductive system may represent a significant source of loss to sheep husbandry. The objective of this paper is to review the pathophysiology, the effects on reproductive efficiency and the key gross and histological diagnostic features of congenital and acquired pathology of ovary and tubular genital organs in ewes.
Veterinary Pathology Division, Department of Comparative Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Teramo University, Italy. cpalmieri@unite.it
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