Made available in DSpace on 2014-06-11T19:33:33Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2001-12-11Bitstream added on 2014-06-13T18:45:26Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 jacomini_jo_dr_jabo.pdf: 3623737 bytes, checksum: 3b6e9aca9b253bde7a9aa506de4fa862 (MD5) / Este estudo teve como objetivo acompanhar o processo de desenvolvimento testicular desde a fase indiferenciada até sua completa formação. Embriões e fetos de vacas da raça Nelore (Bos taurus indicus) foram obtidos em frigoríficos. Imediatamente após o abate das fêmeas, o útero era aberto e os embriões e fetos coletados. As gônadas e os embriões menores foram fixados em Bouin e processados para microscópica óptica convencional. Foi realizada a PCR (Reação em Cadeia da Polimerase) dos embriões cujo sexo não pode ser identificado macroscopicamente. A crista gonádica foi observada, primeiramente, em um embrião de 1,0 cm de comprimento. Em embriões com 2,5 cm de comprimento, a presença da albugínea permitiu a identificação do sexo. A espessura média da albugínea variou de 29,1 a 558,5 mm. O mediastino encontra-se localizado centralmente. Houve uma diminuição no espaço ocupado pelos cordões testiculares de 63,7 para 42,0% do volume total dos testículos. O seu diâmetro variou de 31,7 a 48,8 mm. O diâmetro das células germinativas (e dos seus núcleos) foi de 12,3 (6,6) a 16,9 (14,2) mm. A quantidade de células germinativas, por corte transversal de cordão, diminuiu de um máximo de 2,8 para 0,8. O número total de células germinativas aumentou de 16, no princípio da colonização da gônada, para 18,3 x 106 no final do estudo. O número de células de Sertoli, por corte transversal de cordão, variou de 10,0 a 16,2. Os resultados obtidos mostram que a origem e a formação dos testículos nos embriões e fetos de vacas da raça Nelore (Bos taurus indicus), ocorrem de forma muito semelhante à descrita para Bos taurus taurus. / The aim of this study was to accompany the process of testicular development from the indifferentiable phase to its complete formation. Embryos and fetuses of Nelore breed cows (Bos taurus indicus) were obtained in slaughterhouses near the Uberlandia city, Minas Gerais. As soon as the females were slaughtered, the uterus was opened and the embryos and fetuses gathered. The gonads and the smaller embryos were fixed in Bouin's fixative and afterwards processed for conventional optical microscopy. It was carried out the PCR (Polymerase Chain Reaction) from parts of embryos whose sex could not be identified macroscopically. The gonadal ridge was observed firstly in a 1.0 cm long embryo. In 2.5 cm long embryos the presence of the albuginea allowed the sex identification. The mean thickness of the albuginea ranged from 29.1 to 558.5 mm. Gradually increase of vascularization of the albuginea and parenchyma was observed. The mediastinum was located centrally. There was a decrease in the space occupied by the testicular cords, from 63.7 to 42.0 % of the total testes volume. Its diameter ranged from 31.7 to 48.8 mm. The diameter of germinal cells (and their nuclei) ranged from 12.3 (6.6) to 16.9 914.2) mm. The quantity of germinal cells by cross section of cord decreased from a maximum of 2.8 to 0.86. The total number of germinal cells was from 16 at the beginning of colonization of the gonad to 18.3 x 106 at the end of the study. The number of Sertoli's cells by cross section of cord ranged from 10.0 to 16.2. The results showed that the origin and formation of testes in embryos and fetuses from Nelore breed cows (Bos taurus indicus) does occur in a very similar way to what is described for Bos taurus taurus.

Orientador: César Roberto Esper / Banca: marcelo Emilio Beletti / Banca: Pietro Sampaio Baruselli / Banca: Vera Fernanda Martins Hossepian de Lima / Banca: Humberto Tonhati / Resumo: Este estudo teve como objetivo acompanhar o processo de desenvolvimento testicular desde a fase indiferenciada até sua completa formação. Embriões e fetos de vacas da raça Nelore (Bos taurus indicus) foram obtidos em frigoríficos. Imediatamente após o abate das fêmeas, o útero era aberto e os embriões e fetos coletados. As gônadas e os embriões menores foram fixados em Bouin e processados para microscópica óptica convencional. Foi realizada a PCR (Reação em Cadeia da Polimerase) dos embriões cujo sexo não pode ser identificado macroscopicamente. A crista gonádica foi observada, primeiramente, em um embrião de 1,0 cm de comprimento. Em embriões com 2,5 cm de comprimento, a presença da albugínea permitiu a identificação do sexo. A espessura média da albugínea variou de 29,1 a 558,5 mm. O mediastino encontra-se localizado centralmente. Houve uma diminuição no espaço ocupado pelos cordões testiculares de 63,7 para 42,0% do volume total dos testículos. O seu diâmetro variou de 31,7 a 48,8 mm. O diâmetro das células germinativas (e dos seus núcleos) foi de 12,3 (6,6) a 16,9 (14,2) mm. A quantidade de células germinativas, por corte transversal de cordão, diminuiu de um máximo de 2,8 para 0,8. O número total de células germinativas aumentou de 16, no princípio da colonização da gônada, para 18,3 x 106 no final do estudo. O número de células de Sertoli, por corte transversal de cordão, variou de 10,0 a 16,2. Os resultados obtidos mostram que a origem e a formação dos testículos nos embriões e fetos de vacas da raça Nelore (Bos taurus indicus), ocorrem de forma muito semelhante à descrita para Bos taurus taurus. / Abstract: The aim of this study was to accompany the process of testicular development from the indifferentiable phase to its complete formation. Embryos and fetuses of Nelore breed cows (Bos taurus indicus) were obtained in slaughterhouses near the Uberlandia city, Minas Gerais. As soon as the females were slaughtered, the uterus was opened and the embryos and fetuses gathered. The gonads and the smaller embryos were fixed in Bouin's fixative and afterwards processed for conventional optical microscopy. It was carried out the PCR (Polymerase Chain Reaction) from parts of embryos whose sex could not be identified macroscopically. The gonadal ridge was observed firstly in a 1.0 cm long embryo. In 2.5 cm long embryos the presence of the albuginea allowed the sex identification. The mean thickness of the albuginea ranged from 29.1 to 558.5 mm. Gradually increase of vascularization of the albuginea and parenchyma was observed. The mediastinum was located centrally. There was a decrease in the space occupied by the testicular cords, from 63.7 to 42.0 % of the total testes volume. Its diameter ranged from 31.7 to 48.8 mm. The diameter of germinal cells (and their nuclei) ranged from 12.3 (6.6) to 16.9 914.2) mm. The quantity of germinal cells by cross section of cord decreased from a maximum of 2.8 to 0.86. The total number of germinal cells was from 16 at the beginning of colonization of the gonad to 18.3 x 106 at the end of the study. The number of Sertoli's cells by cross section of cord ranged from 10.0 to 16.2. The results showed that the origin and formation of testes in embryos and fetuses from Nelore breed cows (Bos taurus indicus) does occur in a very similar way to what is described for Bos taurus taurus. / Doutor

This thesis aims to explore the larval development of a bird fluke Trichobilharzia regenti in its intermediate hosts, as well as the processes of differentiation of its embryonal cells and the differentiation between sporocystogenesis and cercariogenesis in sporocysts, with the ultimate goal to find out whether it is possible to find multiple generations of daughter sporocysts throughout the development of avian schistosomes in the intermediate hosts, just like in the case of human schistosomes of genus Schistosoma. Five developmental stages of daughter sporocysts, and ten developmental stages of cercariae have been defined. The first developmental stage in both larvae is the germinal cell. It divides and gives rise to a cell agregate. Afterwards an envelope (primitive epithelium) is formed around the embryo and subsequently, the embryo elongates. At this stage, the development of the two larvae undergoes different pathways. We can distinguish daughter sporocyst from cercaria in the phase, when the tegument is completed. The daughter sporocyst acquires characteristic vermiform appearance, and its body cavity contains plenty of germinal cells. For cercariae with an developed tegument, presence of the penetration glands is characteristic. Key words: Trichobilharzia regenti, germinal cells, mother...