Morphological, Histological and Histochemical Comparative Investigations of the Liver in Young Homing Pigeon (Columba Livia Domestica) and Cattle Egret (Bubulcus Ibis)
Morphological, Histological and Histochemical Comparative Investigations of the Liver in Young Homing Pigeon (Columba Livia Domestica) and Cattle Egret (Bubulcus Ibis)
Sozan A.A. Ismaeil1*, Hassan Emam2
Dissected abdominal cavity of pigeon showing the relation and position of liver :- 1- right lobe of Liver 2- left lobe of Liver, 3- Gizzard and 4- Heart.
Photomacrograph of the liver of pigeon parietal view showing: 1- Right lobe 2- left lobe.
Photomacrograph of the liver of pigeon visceral view showing: 1- Right lobe 2- left lobe. No gall bladder.
Dissected abdominal cavity of pigeon with reflected liver showing:- 1- right lobe of Liver, 2- left lobe of Liver, 3- proventriculous, 4- Gizzard, 5- Heart, 6- Duodenum, 7- Pancreas and common hepatic duct( green arrow) with no gall bladder.
Dissected abdominal cavity of Ibis showing the relation and position of liver :- 1- right lobe of Liver, 2- left lobe of Liver, 3- Heart, 4- Gizzard and 5- Duodenum.
Photomacrograph of the liver of Ibis parietal view showing: 1- Right lobe 2- left lobe.
Photomacrograph of the liver of Ibis visceral view showing: 1- Right lobe 2- left lobe and 3- gall bladder.
Dissected abdominal cavity of Ibis with reflected liver showing:- 1- right lobe of Liver, 2- left lobe of Liver, 3- gall bladder, 4- Heart, 5- proventriculous, 6- Gizzard, 7- Duodenum and 8- Pancreas. Common bile duct (blue arrow).
Photomicrograph of the pigeon’s liver showing the thin capsule (arrow).
Photomicrograph of the pigeon’s liver showing the thin capsule (arrow) and the peripheral dark acidophilic zone (Pz) in-between wide blood sinusoids (S).
Photomicrograph of the pigeon ‘s liver showing vacuoles (V) and the central pale acidophilic zone (Cz) in-between narrow sinusoids (S).
Photomicrograph of the pigeon ‘s liver showing many vacuoles in different size (V), lymphatic tissue (arrow) and narrow sinusoids (S).
Photomicrograph of the pigeon ‘s liver showing dark red areas in hepatocytes (arrow)
Photomicrograph of the pigeon ‘s liver showing round irregular pale red area (La) around portal area (arrow); which consists of one branch of portal vein , one branch of hepatic artery, 1-2 bile ducts and may be lymphatic tissue.
Photomicrograph of the pigeon ‘s liver showing portal area which consists of one branch of hepatic vein (HV) , one branch of hepatic artery (HA), 1-2 bile ducts and may be (arrow).
Photomicrograph of the pigeon ‘s liver showing lymphatic tissue (arrow) around bile duct (BD).
Photomicrograph of the pigeon ‘s liver showing large spaces in different size and shape (LS) between hepatocytes.
High magnification of rectangular area in (Fig. 17) showing large spaces in different size and shape (LS) between hepatocytes.
Photomicrograph of the Cattle Egret ‘s (Ibis) liver showing gall bladder ( arrow)
Photomicrograph of the Cattle Egret ‘s (Ibis) liver showing thick capsule (arrow)
Photomicrograph of the Cattle Egret ‘s (Ibis) liver showing the peripheral dark red zone (Pz), wide sinusoids (S) lined by kupffer’s cell and nucleated RBCs, thick capsule (arrow) and haemopoietic tissue( Ht).
