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Defense cells profile of cervical mucous during follicular and luteal phases of estrus cycle in river buffalo

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

Esmail Ayen 1
Shapour Hasanzadeh 2
Saleh Tabatabaei 3

1 Department of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Urmia, Urmia, Iran

2 Department of Basic Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Urmia, Urmia, Iran

3 Department of Animal Sciences, Faculty of Animal and Food Sciences, Ramin Agriculture and Natural Resources University, Ahwaz, Iran

Abstract
The aim of this study was to evaluate the defense cells changes of cervical mucous during follicular and luteal phases of estrus cycle in river buffalo. Reproductive organs of the adult and apparently healthy female buffaloes were collected from the slaughterhouse. By visual investigation of both the ovaries for presence of corpus luteum and growing follicles, the luteal and follicular phase of each buffalo was specified. Cervical discharge samples were collected by sterile swabs and then spread over the glass slides, dried and fixed with methanol. The specimens were undergone Giemsa staining. The percentage of lymphocytes, neutrophils, monocytes (macrophages), eosinophils and basophils in each case (for both the follicular and luteal phases) were obtained at 20 microscopic fields. The percentage of lymphocytes, neutrophils and basophils in luteal phase were higher than the follicular phase. The percentage of eosinophils in follicular phase was higher than the luteal phase. The percentage of monocytes (macrophages) in luteal and follicular phases was nearly equal. The statistical analysis showed that the differences of all cells between follicular and luteal phase were not significant (P > 0.05). The most defense cells in discharges of external os of cervix (both follicular and luteal phases) were neutrophils and lymphocytes.

Keywords

Buffalo
Cervical discharge
Defense cells
Estrous cycle

  • Receive Date 28 December 2012

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