Histology and Histomorphometry of Testes in Turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo) Based on Age Level
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- 10.2991/absr.k.210420.046How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- Testes, age, turkey, histology, histomorphometry
- Abstract
This study aims to determine the histological and histomorphometric features of the turkey testes based on age levels. Turkey testes were taken from 21 male turkeys which were grouped into 3 different age groups; 12, 20 and 33 weeks. The testes were then processed into histological preparations with a thickness of 3-5 μm and stained with hematoxylin-eosin (HE). The result showed that histological structure of the turkey testes has different characteristics in different age group. The spermatocytogenesis phase occurred at 12 weeks of age, while the myogenesis phase and the spermiogenesis phase were occurred at 20 weeks and 33 weeks, respectively. Histomorphometric data were analyzed by ANOVA which showed that there was a significant difference between seminiferous tubule diameter, seminiferous tubular epithelial thickness and seminiferous tubule lumen diameter based on age level (P <0.05). As conclusion, there were different spermatogenesis phases with different age group of turkeys. The development of the spermatogenesis phase at each age group of turkey increases the seminiferous tubule diameter, seminiferous tubule epithelial thickness and seminiferous tubule lumen diameter.
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- © 2021, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
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- This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).
Cite this article
TY - CONF AU - Nasya Nurma Zushita Firwan AU - Muslim Akmal AU - Dian Masyitha AU - M. Nur Salim AU - M. Jalaluddin AU - Tongku Nizwan Siregar PY - 2021 DA - 2021/04/21 TI - Histology and Histomorphometry of Testes in Turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo) Based on Age Level BT - Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Veterinary, Animal, and Environmental Sciences (ICVAES 2020) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 215 EP - 220 SN - 2468-5747 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/absr.k.210420.046 DO - 10.2991/absr.k.210420.046 ID - Firwan2021 ER -