Driancourt M A, Paris A, Roux C, Mariana J C, Palmer E
Reprod Nutr Dev (1980). 1982;22(6):1035-47. doi: 10.1051/rnd:19820714.
Five pony and 5 saddle-type mares were used to compare total ovarian follicular populations between breeds. The animals were hemi-ovariectomized at the preovulatory stage during the breeding season and the ovary bearing the large preovulatory follicle was studied using histological techniques. Pony and saddle-type mares did not differ as to mean number of primordial follicles, mean number of growing follicles, the variability of these numbers and follicular distribution into various size classes. No difference was detected either in the initiation processes of follicular growth, oocyte growth, granulosa cell multiplication and follicular atresia. However, significant differences were found in the pattern of antral formation (P less than 0.01). The present data suggest that pony mares are a valuable tool for the study of follicular populations in equines. The main features of the equine ovary are the small number of follicles (35 950 primordial and 100 growing follicles) and the high individual variability of this number (5 600 to 75 000 primordial and 20 to 300 growing follicles).
使用5匹矮种马和5匹鞍型母马比较不同品种间卵巢卵泡总数。在繁殖季节的排卵前期对这些动物进行半卵巢切除术，并使用组织学技术研究带有大排卵前卵泡的卵巢。矮种马和鞍型母马在原始卵泡平均数、生长卵泡平均数、这些数量的变异性以及卵泡在不同大小类别中的分布方面没有差异。在卵泡生长起始过程、卵母细胞生长、颗粒细胞增殖和卵泡闭锁方面也未检测到差异。然而，在腔形成模式上发现了显著差异（P小于0.01）。目前的数据表明，矮种马母马是研究马属动物卵泡群体的有价值工具。马卵巢的主要特征是卵泡数量少（35950个原始卵泡和100个生长卵泡）以及该数量的高度个体变异性（5600至75000个原始卵泡和20至300个生长卵泡）。
