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Periódicos Brasileiros em Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia

p. 624-625

Poliorquidismo em coelho

Santiago, Hérika Regina VieiraParedes, Laura Jamille ArgoloLopes, Ligiane RibeiroCosta, Jecilene SantosSouza, Maria Geiciane MançoMarinho, Leony SoaresPereira, Washington Luiz AssunçãoBittencourt, Ruth Helena Falesi Palha De Moraes

Polyorchidism is a rare congenital anomaly defined as the presence of more than two histologicallyproven testicles. In this context, the objective of this study is to report the occurrence of two intra-abdominalsupernumerary testis in a rabbit. A rabbit was referred to the ISPA/UFRA for elective orchiectomy. On physicalexamination, it was detected the presence of testicles in the scrotum. In the necropsy record was describedpresence of bilateral structure similar to testis and epididymis which microscopically showed normalmorphology. This case report describes for the first time polyorchidism in a rabbit with two intra-abdominaltestis and two testicles located in the scrotum proven through histological analysis.(AU)

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