2003 Volume 8 Issue 1 Pages 49-53
A female Camelus hactrianus, approximately 3 to 4 years old, was dissected at The Inner Mongolian Agricultural University, Huhhot, China. The whole reproductive organs were dissected out and small pieces of tissue from different parts were fixed with buffered glutaraldehyde and osmium tetroxide solution. They were embedded in the mixture of epoxy resin. Using semi thin (1 μm thick) sections stained with toluidine blue, ovary and epithelium of oviduct, uterine hore, uterus and cervics were examined at the light microscopic level. The epithelium linning oviduct contains dark basal cells, ciliated cells and mucous secreting cells. That of uterine horn is composed of ciliated and non ciliated cells. The cilia on apical border of epithelial cells in uterus are long and conspicuous. The uterine gland cells have dark secreting granules. The glandular cavity is occupied with mucous substance. Cervics is also lined with ciliated and non ciliated cells.
