A quantitative morphological study of skeletal muscle in castrated goats
Prakash, P.
Anatomischer Anzeiger 152(1): 61-65
1982
ISSN/ISBN: 0003-2786 PMID: 7158790 Document Number: 196835
The effects of castration on the morphological differences of the skeletal muscle were studied in male goats. The percent interfascicular area, fascicle size, percent fiber area, percent interfiber area, fiber cross-sectional area, fiber diameter and number of fibers per unit area were estimated for m. biceps femoris. Following castration (open method) there was a significant decrease in the number of muscle fibers per mm2, but the fascicular area, fiber area and fiber diameter were greater than those of uncastrated goats (P < 0.05). No such differences were observed in vasectomized goats.