Ali Osman ÇERİBAŞI, Nevzat SAAT, Yaşar AKAR

Dişi bir eşekte rastlanan sonbahar follikülü olgusu

Bu vakada, tek tırnaklılarda nadir olarak karşılaşılan sonbahar ya da kalıcı follikül olgusu sunulmuştur. Fırat Üniversitesi Veteriner Fakültesi Hayvan Hastanesine getirilen, 7 yaşlı, yerli ırk, boz renkli ve şiddetli arpalama hastalığı olan dişi bir eşeğin tedavisinin mümkün olmadığına karar verilerek, ötenazi edildi.Postmortem muayenede, sağ yumurtalıkta eni 16 cm, boyu 18 cm ve yüksekliği 13 cm olan patlamamış bir sonbahar follikülü tespit edildi. Follikül ile birlikte ovaryumun ağırlığı 2150 gr idi. Histopatolojik olarak bozukluğa rastlanılmadı. Kısrakta fizyolojik kabul edilen bu vakaya eşekte kliniğimizde ilk defa rastlanılmıştır.

An autumn follicule case in a female donkey

An autumn follicle or persistent anovulatory follicle, rarely shown in equidae was presented in this study. This case was encountered at postmortem examination in a 7 years old, domestic and grey colored donkey was admitted to Veterinary Animal Hospital of Firat University. The animal had severe laminitis and euthanasia was performed because of the untreatable condition.By examination, an auntumn follicle was encountered in the right ovary. The sizes of the right ovary with this follicle were 16x18x13 centimetres and it weighed 2150 grams. Any patholojical condition was observed in histolojical and patolojical examination. Auntumn follicle is considered as physiological in mares but this is the first case we met in a female donkey at our clinics.

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