@article{Tienthai_Kesdangsakonwut_Tummaruk_2020, title={Morphological considerations of the reproductive organs in anestrus gilts affiliated with true hermaphrodites in Thailand}, volume={50}, url={https://he01.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/tjvm/article/view/244087}, abstractNote={<p><span class="fontstyle0">True hermaphrodites are animals with both male and female gonads that have concurrently developed in the same<br>individual. The incidence of true hermaphroditism is moderately higher in pigs than in other domestic animals. The<br>aim of this study was to describe the genital organs of gilts culled due to anestrus with true hermaphrodites by gross<br>and histological analysis. Three anestrus gilts were categorized as unilateral true hermaphrodites, having one ovotestis<br>and one ovary, while three other gilts were bilateral true hermaphrodites with two ovotestes. The anomalous structures<br>of the female genital organs, such as oviductal aplasia and hyperclitoris were found in these gilts. The testicular tissue<br>of all ovotestes was mainly composed of Sertoli cells without any spermatogenic cells and a peculiar proliferation of<br>Leydig cells. The anatomical and histological structures of the ovary, ovarian tissue of ovotestis, oviduct and uterus<br>seemed to be normal in some pigs but the incidence of endometritis, uterine edema and uterine epithelial deterioration<br>occurred in both groups and, in particular, ovarian cysts were usually detected in the bilateral ovotestes. These findings<br>clarify the abnormalities of true hermaphrodite gilts in commercial pig stocks in Thailand and indicate the association<br>between the anomalous development of genital organs and the genetic/hormonal disorders that could be the cause of<br>anestrus.</span> </p>}, number={2}, journal={The Thai Journal of Veterinary Medicine}, author={Tienthai, Paisan and Kesdangsakonwut, Sawang and Tummaruk, Padet}, year={2020}, month={Jun.}, pages={251–260} }