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Autoimmune orchitis in two related dogs
Author(s) -
ALLEN W. EDWARD,
PATEL J. R.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
journal of small animal practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.7
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1748-5827
pISSN - 0022-4510
DOI - 10.1111/j.1748-5827.1982.tb02064.x
Subject(s) - orchitis , medicine , autoantibody , pathology , indirect immunofluorescence , immunofluorescence , immunology , antibody
The testes of three dogs which suffered spermatogenic arrest were examined by indirect immunofluorescence tests. Two of these dogs (a father and son) had previously been shown to have focal inflammatory lesions in the testes. Autoantibodies directed against sperm tails were present in the sera of these dogs, but not in the third dog which had a non‐inflammatory testicular degeneration. The findings are compared with those in other animals and man.