%0 Journal Article
%T Fissura placent¨¢ria de gatas SRD, Felis catus - Linnaeus, 1758: aspectos macro e microsc¨®picos
%A Ambr¨®sio
%A Carlos Eduardo
%A Miglino
%A Maria Ang¨¦lica
%A Lima
%A Ana Rita
%A Martins
%A Daniele dos Santos
%A Assis-Neto
%A Antonio Chaves
%A Bonatelli
%A Marina
%A Verechia
%A Fl¨¢via Thomaz
%A Carvalho
%A Ana Fl¨¢via de
%J Brazilian Journal of Veterinary Research and Animal Science
%D 2004
%I Universidade de S?o Paulo
%R 10.1590/S1413-95962004000200001
%X this research consists of study of shematic macroscopy cat's placenta and placental characterization as its type, zonary placenta, that 62,5% of cases presents a fissure at distal area of umbilical cord. this is formed by a joustfetal area, joustplacental area and middle area, histological findings: two arteries, a vein, two vitelline pedicule and two allantois pedicule. in the fissure, an allantoic epithelium covering this area at 10% of the cases and 90% found a trophoblast decrease compared with others placental areas out of the fissure. so, the feline placenta, in its maternal/fetal relationship shows a imcomplete zonary placenta, different of that occurs in other carnivores.
%K placenta
%K cats
%K fissure.
%U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1413-95962004000200001&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en