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An Abattoir Study of Thyroid Histopathology in Ewes and their Fetus in Ahvaz City of Iran

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

Mohammad Nouri 1
Babak Mohammadian 2
Reza Pourjamshid 1

1 Department of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Shahid Chamran University, Ahvaz, Iran

2 Department of Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Shahid Chamran University, Ahvaz, Iran

Abstract
The thyroid structural changes in pregnant ewes and their fetuses were investigated. Out of 100 pairs of thyroid glands collected from ewes and their fetuses at the local municipal abattoir in Ahvaz city of Khuzestan province, multiple lesions were seen in 59% and 21% of the thyroid glands of ewes and fetuses, respectively. Histologically, ninety nine lesions in the ewes and twenty two lesions in the fetuses’ thyroid glands were noticed.

Keywords

Ewes
Fetus
Thyroid
pathology

  • Receive Date 25 December 2012

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