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Table 2 Histopathological findings in donkeys treated with calcium chloride

From: Evaluation of chemical castration with calcium chloride versus surgical castration in donkeys: testosterone as an endpoint marker

Histopathological lesions

Case number

1

2

3

4

5

6

-Inflammatory reaction

++

++

+++

+

-Fibrosis

++++

+++

+++

-Decrease in layers of seminiferous tubules

+++

++

-Coagulative necrosis of germinal epithelium

+++

++

++++

-Empty dilated seminiferous tubules

++++

++++

+++

-Atrophy of seminiferous tubules

+++

++

-Heamorrhage

++

+

++

-Thrombosis

++

++

-Dystrophic calcification

++

+