HISTOMORPHOLOGICAL CHANGES IN OVARY OF GOAT DURING VARIOUS STAGES OF FOLLICULOGENESIS

Abstract

The present investigation was carried out to study the histomorphological changes in ovaries of adult nondescript
goat (Capra hircus) during various stages offolliculogenesis in the month of August to November 2005.
The reproductive organs free from gross pathological lesions with follicles on ovaries of 30 adult non-descript, non
pregnant female goats were collected from the Government Slaughter House, Supela, Bhilai (C.G). The ovaries
were kept intact with individual identity tag and were brought to the laboratory in normal saline solution at 37°C
temperature in Thermos flask quickly. On arrival at the laboratory ovaries were trimmed of the extraneous tissue,
washed free of blood and detritus using normal saline solution. The ovaries were classified on the basis of size of
the largest follicle on surface of one of the ovaries as in group A up to 4 mm, group B 4-6 mm and group C more
than 6 mm, each group consisted of 10 pairs of ovaries. Histomorphologically the ovary was covered by germinal
epithelium which decreased in height from 8.34 ± 0.99 μmin group A to 5.22 ± 1.033 μmin group C . The shape
changed from cuboid al to squamous type. The range of diameter of the follicles was 96.00 - 691 .09 μm, 720.00 -
1440.00 μm and 2400.00 - 4032.00 μm in group A, Band C respectively. The membrana granulosa and liquor
folliculi gave intense positive response to PAS-Alcian blue.