XX true hermaphroditism in a dog.

Abstract

XX True hermaphroditism was identified in a 5-month-old German Shorthaired Pointer with a large clitoris. The gonads were situated caudal to the kidneys at the cranial tips of the uterine horns, and were composed mainly of seminiferous tubules and interstitial cells and had ovarian follicles in the cortices. Each gonad had efferent tubules, a pampiniform plexus, fimbriae, and a uterine tube. The uterus was positioned normally in the abdomen and had no gross or histologic abnormalities. Giemsa-banded karyotypes revealed a normal female 78,XX chromosomal complement with no structural abnormalities.