Background pathology of the ovary in a laboratory population of zebrafish Danio rerio

Rossteuscher, Stefanie; Schmidt-Posthaus, Heike; Schäfers, Christoph; Teigeler, Matthias; Segner, Helmut (2008). Background pathology of the ovary in a laboratory population of zebrafish Danio rerio. Diseases of aquatic organisms, 79(2), pp. 169-172. Inter-Research 10.3354/dao01893

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Adult zebrafish Danio rerio originating from one stock used as control animals in a toxicological study were examined histopathologically for the occurrence of spontaneous lesions in the gonads. While no histopathological changes were seen in the testes, the ovaries showed lesions consisting mainly of acute granulomatous inflammation with increased atresia and the presence of egg debris in the ovarian parenchyma and in the oviduct. Since infectious agents could not be detected and the fish were not exposed to toxicants, we consider these lesions as spontaneous alterations of the ovaries.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

05 Veterinary Medicine > Department of Infectious Diseases and Pathobiology (DIP) > Center for Fish and Wildlife Health (FIWI)

UniBE Contributor:

Rossteuscher, Stefanie, Schmidt-Posthaus, Heike, Segner, Helmut

ISSN:

0177-5103

Publisher:

Inter-Research

Language:

English

Submitter:

Andrea Stettler

Date Deposited:

14 Jan 2014 11:31

Last Modified:

05 Dec 2022 14:27

Publisher DOI:

10.3354/dao01893

PubMed ID:

18500035

BORIS DOI:

10.7892/boris.40121

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/40121

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