2014, Cilt 30, Sayı 4, Sayfa(lar) 227-231
A case report of hermaphrodite goat: Clinical and genetic approach
Çağlayan Özel1,5, Gonca Şen1, Mustafa Hitit1, Nadir Koçak2, Aydın Güzeloğlu1, Ahmet Semacan3, Ercan Kurar1,4
1Selçuk Üniversitesi, Veteriner Fakültesi, Genetik Anabilim Dalı, Konya, Türkiye
2Selçuk Üniversitesi, Tıp Fakültesi, Tıbbi Genetik Anabilim Dalı, Konya, Türkiye
3 Selçuk Üniversitesi, Veteriner Fakültesi, Doğum ve Jinekoloji Anabilim Dalı, Konya, Türkiye
4Necmettin Erbakan Üniversitesi, Meram Tıp Fakültesi, Tıbbi Biyoloji Anabilim Dalı, Konya, Türkiye
5Kırıkkale Üniversitesi, Veteriner Fakültesi, Genetik Anabilim Dalı, Kırıkkale, Türkiye
Keywords: Goat, hermaphroditism, karyotype, SRY, amelogenin
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This case report describes clinical examination and cytogenetic and molecular genetic analyses of a hermaphrodite mixed Maltese breed goat that was referred to the Gynecology Clinic of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Selcuk University in 2010. In anamnesis, goat was a single kid at the birth and was polled. Clitoris was 1.9x0.9 cm in size and vagina was shorter than normal. By palpation and ultrasonographic examination, it was determined that the right (4.88 cm) and left (2.87 cm) testicles were located under skin in the inguinal region. Breast and nipples were in normal size. There was a rudimentary penis located under skin but no scrotum or prepitium was observed. After chromosome preparation using peripheral blood samples and GTG staining, appropriate metaphases were analyzed using an image analyzer program. Genomic DNA was isolated from the blood sample. Sexdetermining region Y (SRY) and amelogenin gene regions were amplified using polymerase chain reaction (PCR) including positive and negative controls. In karyotype analysis, metaphase plaque was observed as 60,XY. In PCR analysis, no SRY amplification was determined and only AMX allele was observed for amelogenin locus. Hermaphroditism is widely observed in goats and a number different mechanisms were reported. It is suggested that polled rams should be culled and karyotype and molecular genetics analyses should be performed to evaluate hermaphrodite cases in detail.