Morphological analysis of testes from post-hatch chicks submitted to temperature variation during incubation - doi: 10.4025/actascibiolsci.v33i2.8187

• Main Author: Amaral, Rodrigo de Souza
• Publication Date: 2011
• Other Authors: Siqueira Filho, Emivaldo de, Coser, Leonardo Augusto Silva, Euzebio, Umberto
• Format: Article
• Language: por; eng
• Source: Acta Scientiarum Biological Sciences
• DOI: 10.4025/actascibiolsci.v33i2.8187
• Download full: http://www.periodicos.uem.br/ojs/index.php/ActaSciBiolSci/article/view/8187
• topic: Gallus gallus domesticus; thermal stress; embryonic development; seminiferous tubules; morphogenesis; Gallus gallus domesticus; thermal stress; embryonic development; seminiferous tubules; morphogenesis; Embriologia

This study aimed to evaluate the effects of temperature variation during incubation on testicular morphology of post-hatch chicks. We utilized 60 eggs incubated under different temperatures: Group 1 – 37.5°C; Group 2 – 39.5°C; and Group 3 – 34°C. Chicks were weighted and the testes were histologically analyzed. All eggs from Group 3 showed embryonic death. There were no significant differences in body weight and testicular morphology between Groups 1 and 2; however, there was a difference in the diameter of the seminiferous tubules (p < 0.001). The increase in temperature to 39.5°C during incubation causes a decrease in diameter of the seminiferous tubules.