Table 2: Histometric Measures of Testis and Epididymis in the Two Different Seasons. The Values, Co-Variated for the Respective Weight of the Organs, are Expressed as Least Squared Means ± SEM. Significant Differences are Underlined
|
Mating
Season |
Non-Mating
Season |
p
Value |
|
| Testis |
|
|
|
| sem. tub diameter (mm) |
243.19 ± 1.75 |
211.77 ± 20.3 |
<0.001 |
|
|
Epididymis - corpus
|
|
|
|
| diameter (mm) |
393.99 ± 8.97 |
343.64 ± 10.42 |
0.0006 |
| epithelial highness (mm) |
90.45 ± 2.37 |
86.83 ± 2.75 |
0.3310 |
|
|
Epididymis - cauda
|
|
|
|
| diameter (mm) |
675.81 ± 15.52 |
687.23 ± 18.01 |
0.6380 |
| epithelial highness (mm) |
45.01 ± 1.30 |
52.50 ± 1.51 |
0.0005 |