A) Ovarian hydrobursitis: closure of the ovarian bursa around the ovary and accumulation of inflammatory fluid inside it Fig. 17: Diseases of the ovarian bursa in female camels
B) Hydrosalpnix: accumulation of fluid serous fluid inside the fallopian tube
(A) Hydrometra (serous hypoechogenic fluid) accompanied with closed cervix
(C) Uterine adhesion (arrow, perimetritis)
(D) Cattarrhal endometritis
Fig. 18: Diseases of the uterus in female camels
(B) Pyometra (purulent hyperechogenic material) associated with closed cervix
(E) Muco-purulent endometritis
(F) Purulent endometritis
Fig. 19: Persistent hymen (arraow) in a female camel: surgical correction by incising a part of the closed hymen
(A) Vaginal adhesion: the vaginal cavity is completely closed by a thick hard tissue Fig. 20: Diseases of the vagina in female camels
(B) Vaginal lipoma: attached to the lateral wall of the vagina
A) Atresia of the vulva: complete closure of the vulva lips with only narrow opening ventrally for urination.
B) Narrow vulval opening
C) Enlarged clitoris and narrow vulva with male behavior (masculinization)
D) Protruded fleshy tissues at dorsum of the vestibulm (called “Said”)
E) Multiple cystic structures in the vestiblum
F) Pneumo-vagina with purulent sicharges
Fig. 21: Diseases of the vulva and vestibulm in female camels
Cavity of the GCT
(A) Ultrasonography: cavity of the GCT filled with hypoechogenic fluid with some trabeculae
(B) After operation: the ovary was solid and fairly round (19x20 cm), 4.5 kg structure
(C) On cross section: the ovary was a mixture of soft (1) and fibrous tissues (2)
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(D) Cystic tubules (arrow), (E) Cystic vacuolated tubules with (F) Abundant fibrous stroma with marked hyperleutinizing stroma (1), with hypereosinophilic content (arrow), H&E, X400 sclerotic densely eosinophilic cytoplasm. eosinophilic inclusion inside the lumen. H&E, X400 H&E, X400 Fig. 24: Ultrasonography, morphology, and histopathology of the ovarian Sertoli cell tumor in a mare
(A) Pyometra: purulent discharges drained on the ground or observed at the vulva lips, it appears as hyperechogenic material inside the uterine cavity
Fig. 25: Diseases of the uterus in mares
(B) Endometrial cyst: irregular hypoechogenic structure presented eccentric in the uterine lumen
(A) Perineal rupture with accumulation of the fecal matter
(B) Melnoma of the vulva Fig. 26: Disease of the vulva in mares
Fig. 27: Pneumovagina with different degrees of vaginal inclination in Arab mares
(A) Follicle theca cysts: both ovaries
Fig. 28: Diseases of the ovary in cows
(B) Follicle lutein cyst: thick luteinized wall
(C) Ovarian adhesion: both ovaries
(A) Muco-purulent endometritis: vaginal discharge
Fig. 29: Diseases of the uterus in cows
(B) Pyometra by ultrasound: accumulation of hyperechogenic material in the uterus
(C) Perimetritis
(A) Freemartin in a calve (6 months): the inseminating catheter did not passed forward in the vaginal cavity
(B) Freemartin in a heifer (2 years): the vaginal cavity was efficient only for 5cm, a tuft of hair is observed in the ventral commisure, the heifer was masculinized with high hind –limbs and narrow pelvis Fig. 30: Freemartin in cows
(A) Ovarian abscess: purulent material inside the ovary
(B) Follicle cysts: both ovaries
(D) Uterine unicorns: absence of the left horn
(E) Perimetritis
Fig. 31: Diseases of the genital tract in buffalo-cows
(C) Corpus luteum cyst: a cavity inside the corpus luteum
(A) False hermaphrodism in goats (external genitalia): internally the animal is a female one, externally a glans penis like structure (arrows) is located under the rectum
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(B) True hermaphrodoit in a goat. The animal had both testes (T) and ovaries (O) Fig. 32: Hermaphrodism in goats