Table 1 Overview of testicular pathologies by geographical region.

From: Environmental chemicals in dog testes reflect their geographical source and may be associated with altered pathology

Region

Gross appearance

Tubular MNC

Interstitial MNC

Atrophic tubules

Degeneration

Luminal debris

Vacuolation

SCO tubules

WM

1.88 ± 0.43ac

1.16 ± 0.34a

0.44 ± 0.35

1.40 ± 0.37ab

1.76 ± 0.45abc

2.20 ± 0.35a

1.48 ± 0.43a

0.64 ± 0.34

EM

2.25 ± 0.58ac

0.67 ± 0.31ab

0.25 ± 0.22

1.75 ± 0.58a

2.17 ± 0.45ab

1.08 ± 0.32ac

1.25 ± 0.36a

0.92 ± 0.72

SE

2.50 ± 0.59a

0.79 ± 0.43ab

0.43 ± 0.25

1.50 ± 0.56ab

2.64 ± 0.64a

2.14 ± 0.70ac

0.71 ± 0.29ab

0.79 ± 0.69

V

0.70 ± 0.23b

0.30 ± 0.23b

0.30 ± 0.23

0.60 ± 0.24b

1.20 ± 0.30bc

0.80 ± 0.20b

0.30 ± 0.23b

0.30 ± 0.23

C

1.41 ± 0.39bc

0.71 ± 0.23ab

0.59 ± 0.25

1.00 ± 0.42ab

1.06 ± 0.40c

1.35 ± 0.24bc

1.24 ± 0.27ac

0.41 ± 0.39

  1. Data denotes the mean pathology count ± 1 S.D; SCO = Sertoli cell-only; MNC = Multinucleated cells. Differences between superscripts depict significant differences. Bold depicts Vantaa Finland region significantly different to all three UK areas. See text for differences between UK areas.