HISTOLOGY AND HISTOCHEMISTRY OF THE MALE ACCESSORY GLANDS OF THE RED DEER, CERVUS ELAPHUS L

ELIZABETH AUGHEY

doi:10.1530/jrf.0.0180399

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HISTOLOGY AND HISTOCHEMISTRY OF THE MALE ACCESSORY GLANDS OF THE RED DEER, CERVUS ELAPHUS L

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DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1530/jrf.0.0180399

Volume/Issue:: Volume 18: Issue 3

Page Range:: 399–407

Article Type:: Research Article

Online Publication Date:: Apr 1969

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Summary.

The presence of a disseminate prostate is described in the red deer stag. The glands are divided into cranial and caudal groups on a histochemical basis; the cranial glands are considered to produce a mucoprotein and fat, the caudal glands a glycolipid. The latter are affected by season, and hence by the endocrine status of the stag, only becoming active during the rut when the testicular interstitial cells are active. The cranial glands are only minimally affected by season.

The histological and histochemical changes in the seminal vesicle of the pre-rutting and rutting deer stag are described. The presence in the secretory epithelium of the rutting red deer stag seminal vesicle of a complex carbohydrate, phospholipid and fat is shown.

The testicular interstitial cells show marked variations from a fibroblast appearance in the pre-rut to a highly reactive cell in the rut.

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