Abstract
Present experiment was performed on twenty laboratory-bred female squirrels (Funambulus pennanti, Wroughton). The animals were divided into 2 groups: (1) Cd-treated and (2) control. A single intraperitoneal injection of cadmium acetate (6 mg Cd/Kg of body weight) was given in each animal except the animals of control group. The animals were sacrificed by decapitation after different intervals of the week long study. Ovary and uterus did not show any histopathological abnormality after cadmium exposure. Whereas, the animals of the two groups revealed increase in body weight, i.e. 1.15 folds (control) and 1.03 folds (Cd-treated). It is suggested that ovary and uterus could not be affected by acute cadmium exposure possibly because the enzymatic activity could not be disturbed or inhibited in these organs.
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