Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế về bệnh thú y đề tài: A hermaphrodite dog with bilateral ovotestes and pyometra | J. Vet. Sá. 2006 7 1 87-88 JOURNAL OF Short Communication Veterinary Science A hermaphrodite dog with bilateral ovotestes and pyometra Kyung-Suk Kim1 Okjin Kim2-3 1 NY Animal Hospital Anyang 431-065 Korea 1 Animal Disease Research Unit and Institute of Life Science and Natural Resources College of Life Science and Natural Resources Wonkwang University. Lksan 570-749 Korea Hermaphroditism was identified in a 3-year-old American Cocker spaniel with an enlarged OS clitoridis that was shown as reddish finger-like structure protruding from the vulva. The urethral orifice was located cranially to the base of the OS clitoridis. The gonads were situated caudal to the kidneys at the cranial tips of the uterine horns and were composed mainly of semimferous tubules and interstitial cells and had ovarian follicles in the cortices. The uterus was enlarged and revealed pyometra. Gross and histopathological findings of the dog suggested hermaphroditism with bilateral ovotestes and pyometra. Key words dog hermaphrodite OS clitoridis ovotestis pyo-metra Hermaphrodite means an animal or a human being in which male and female sex organs are present simultaneously or in which the sex organs contain both ovarian and testicular tissue 3 . Sometimes one gonad becomes a testis while the other becomes an ovary sometimes the gonads become ovotestes containing a mixture of male and female components 1 . Although hermaphroditism is often associated with infertility that is not always the case. Hermaphroditism occurs rarely in human and animal populations 5 . Only few cases of hermaphrodite have been reported in various breeds of dogs such as Basset hound 2 Cocker spaniel 7 and Pug 8 . Here we report a very rare case of a hermaphrodite dog. Hermaphroditism was identified in a 3-year-old American Cocker spaniel with external female appearance. The dog was presented due to vaginal discharge loss of appetite. The bitch showed a reddish finger-like structure protruding about 6 cm from the vulva. .
