Fig. 3

Testis section of rats treated with DCA at 0.5 g/l showing (a) congestion of blood vessels (*), tubular atrophy with extensive degeneration in some tubules and depletion of germ cells (#) and Leydig cells (**), (b) necrosis (⇒), and (c) vacuolation of epithelium cells () and disintegration of the spermatogenic cells () (H&E, (a) 100×, (b) 400× and (c) 1000×)