Abstract

Morphometry and Biometry of Gastrointestinal Tract of Indigenous Sheep

Highlights

  • The gastrointestinal tract (GIT) is the part of digestive system which extends from the esophagus to the anus in ruminant and equine (Getty, 1975)

  • Histo-morphometry of GIT in sheep The histomorphology of rumen and reticulum of sheep was presented in a Figure (1 and 2)

  • Each papilla was lined by stratified squamous epithelium which was rested on a lamina propria of loose connective tissue

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Summary

Introduction

The gastrointestinal tract (GIT) is the part of digestive system which extends from the esophagus to the anus in ruminant and equine (Getty, 1975). Sheep allowed to roam and scavenge for food ingest various types of non food foreign particles (Otsyina et al, 2015). These indigestible foreign materials cause numerous histological changes in the wall of rumen of sheep (Otsyina et al, 2017). Parasitic infections i.e. nematode infections are major setback for sheep rearing causing great production loss and fatality (Starling et al, 2019). These parasites alter tissue orientations of the GIT in sheep (Amarante et al, 2007, Satish et al, 2018). Nutritional manipulation in feeding trials changes the morphologic responses of the GIT i.e. rumen in cow and sheep (Khodakaram-tafti and Hashemnia 2017, Resende-junior et al, 2006)

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