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Spermatid Giant Cells, Tubular Hypospermatogenesis, Spermatogonial Swelling, and Cytoplasmic Vacuoles in Testes of Laboratory Rabbits

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Abstract

No lesions are apparent macroscopically in the testes. The most severe form of focal hypospermatogenesis may appear as areas of pallor on hematoxylin and eosin stained sections.

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  1. New England Regional Primate Research Center, Harvard Medical School, One Pine Hill Drive, 01772, Southborough, MA, USA

    Thomas Carlyle Jones D.V.M., D.Sc. (Professor of Comparative Pathology, Emeritus) & Ronald Duncan Hunt D.V.M. (Professor of Comparative Pathology) (Professor of Comparative Pathology, Emeritus) &  (Professor of Comparative Pathology)

  2. Institut für Experimentelle Pathologie, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Konstanty-Gutschow-Strasse 8, 3000, Hannover 61, Federal Republic of Germany

    Ulrich Mohr M.D. (Professor of Experimental Pathology) (Professor of Experimental Pathology)

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Morton, D.G., Weisbrode, S.E., Wyder, W.E., Maurer, J.K., Capen, C.C. (1987). Spermatid Giant Cells, Tubular Hypospermatogenesis, Spermatogonial Swelling, and Cytoplasmic Vacuoles in Testes of Laboratory Rabbits. In: Jones, T.C., Mohr, U., Hunt, R.D. (eds) Genital System. Monographs on Pathology of Laboratory Animals. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-72550-0_27

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