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Morphological and Histological Study of Stomach (Proventriculus and Ventriculus) of Adult Partridge (Alectoris chukka) in South of Iraq

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Last updated: 01 Jan 2025

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Avian and aquatic Diseases

Abstract

This study was designed to investigate both histomorphological and histochemical structures of the stomach in the partridge. Twelve healthy birds were collected from local markets at Baghdad province. All the birds were euthanized, their abdomens were dissected, and then their stomachs were identified, photographed in situ. Specimens cut from the gastric wall were fixed as well and then processed for histological and histochemical staining techniques that were H&E, Masson Trichrome, Periodic acid Schiff (PAS) and PAS -Alcian blue (AB) (pH 2.5).Gross findings indicated the presence of a stomach of two divisions that were glandular (proventriculus) and muscular (ventriculus). The proventriculus was elliptical in shape and separated from the next second part by isthmus. The ventriculus appeared circular in shape and normally covered by an amount of adipose tissue. The stomach of partridge was located at the left side of the thoracoabdominal cavity. The luminal surface of proventriculus showed longitudinal mucosal folds with the presence of rows of papillae in area between the end of isthmus and beginning of ventriculus. Ventricular luminal surface was greenish to yellowish in color; it had rough horizontally arranged folds in the center then arranged transversally in the end with presence layer of cuticle. Histologically the gastric wall was constructed by four tunicae (mucosa, submucosa, muscularis and serosa). The luminal surface of stomach was irregular due to presence of openings of superficial glands with the top of papillae. The epithelium was simple columnar invaginated in proventriculus to form superficial and deep glands lined in their basal parts by cuboidal cells. In ventriculus the surface covered by cuticle with absence of muscularis mucosa. Tunica muscularis was very thick composed from three layers in different directions to adapt the gastric functional contraction. Histochemically the epithelium and glandular ducts were reacted positively with PAS due to their neutral mucin composition.

DOI

10.21608/ejvs.2024.272697.1972

Keywords

Partridge, Proventriculus, Ventriculus, avian stomach, glands

Authors

First Name

Ektifaa

Last Name

Khayoon

MiddleName

Shakir

Affiliation

University of Baghdad/veterinary medicine/Anatomy &histology

Email

ektiffaa.s@covm.uobaghdad.edu.iq

City

Baghdad

Orcid

0009-0002-8927-6072

First Name

Ali

Last Name

Reshag

MiddleName

Faris

Affiliation

University of Baghdad/veterinary medicine/Anatomy &histology

Email

ali.f@covm.uobaghdad.edu.iq

City

Baghdad

Orcid

0009-0004-6043-297x

Volume

56

Article Issue

5

Related Issue

48063

Issue Date

2025-05-01

Receive Date

2024-03-29

Publish Date

2025-05-01

Page Start

885

Page End

893

Print ISSN

1110-0222

Online ISSN

2357-089X

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https://ejvs.journals.ekb.eg/article_354202.html

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354,202

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Original Article

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140

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Publication Title

Egyptian Journal of Veterinary Sciences

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https://ejvs.journals.ekb.eg/

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Morphological and Histological Study of Stomach (Proventriculus and Ventriculus) of Adult Partridge (Alectoris chukka) in South of Iraq

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23 Dec 2024