Histoarchitecture of the Ovary of Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) annulatus during Pre- and Postengorgement Period

Histoarchitecture of the Ovary of Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) annulatus during Pre- and Postengorgement Period

The present communication describes the detailed day wise study of histological changes of the ovary of Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) annulatus in the postengorgement period together with the systematic classification of their oocytes. The ovary of R. (B.) annulatus is panoistic type with an asynchronou...

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Published in:TheScientificWorld Vol. 2015; no. 2015; pp. 1 - 6
Main Authors: Ghosh, Srikanta, Juliet, Sanis, Nair, Suresh N., Gopalan, Ajith Kumar K., Vasu, Aswathi, Ranjan Lenka, Dibya, Gopi, Jyothimol, Chandrasekhar, Leena, Kanapadinchareveetil, Sreelekha, Ravindran, Reghu
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Cairo, Egypt Hindawi Publishing Corporation 01-01-2015
John Wiley & Sons, Inc
Hindawi Limited
Subjects:
Animal sciences
Animals
Arachnids
Boophilus annulatus
Eating - physiology
Female
Histology
Ixodidae
Morphology
Oocytes - physiology
Ovaries
Ovary - anatomy & histology
Ovary - physiology
Parasites
Parasitology
Physiological aspects
Reproductive system
Rhipicephalus
Rhipicephalus - anatomy & histology
Rhipicephalus - physiology
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Summary:The present communication describes the detailed day wise study of histological changes of the ovary of Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) annulatus in the postengorgement period together with the systematic classification of their oocytes. The ovary of R. (B.) annulatus is panoistic type with an asynchronous development of oocytes. All the stages (II, III, IV, and V) of oocytes except stage I were similar to R. (B.) microplus. The stage I oocytes showed basophilia, which was not reported earlier in other species of ticks. Day wise changes were in the form of presence of oogonia in partially fed and day one engorged adults, considerable degeneration of oocytes on day two, emergence of new wave of oocytes on day three, presence of mature oocytes up to day eight, and complete degeneration of ovarian tissue from day eight onwards. The degenerative changes in the ovary appeared initially in the oocytes followed by germinal epithelium.
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Academic Editor: Qing Yuan Sun
ISSN:2356-6140
1537-744X
1537-744X
DOI:10.1155/2015/126584