TY  - JOUR
T1  - Postnatal Development on Gastric Groove of Small Ruminants
AU - Alsadek, Dina M.M. AU - Goda, Nehal I.A. AU - El-Raheem, Waheed A. Abd AU - Salem, Hoda F.A. 
JO  - Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances
VL  - 16
IS  - 8
SP  - 101
EP  - 107
PY  - 2017
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1680-5593
DO  - javaa.2017.101.107
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=javaa.2017.101.107
KW  - Gastric groove
KW  -papillae
KW  -mucous glands
KW  -age
KW  -suckling
KW  -longitudinal folds
AB  - The gastric groove is a vital part of the digestive system of the suckling ruminants. It consisted of
two well-developed lips and a floor between them. The floor of the reticular groove had longitudinal folds and
macroscopical papillae. These papillae were randomly dispersed in the proximal parts and clustered at the
entrance of abomasum at the point of the reticulo-omasal orifice. A comparative qualitative and quantitative
studies were applied on the suckling and the adult goat. The same studies were conducted on the suckling and
the adult sheep. In the present study, the mucous glands were found only in the adult sheep. These glands
were found in the tunica submucosa at the level of the lips-floor junction, then it was found in the tunica
muscularis among smooth muscle fibers of the outer longitudinal layer of the lips. Interestingly, no mucous
glands were found in the suckling sheep, the suckling goat and the adult goat. Overall, the present study
reveals some interesting facts where the individual layers of the reticular groove have a clear and
straightforward development from the proximal to the distal parts with prominent increase with age.
ER  -