TY  - JOUR
T1  - Case Report: Atresia of the Left Oviduct and Anormaly of the Caecum of a 12 Month Old Layer
AU - Sulaiman, M.H. AU - Saidu, L. AU - Abdu, P.A. 
JO  - Research Journal of Poultry Sciences
VL  - 3
IS  - 2
SP  - 39
EP  - 42
PY  - 2010
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1993-5285
DO  - rjpscience.2010.39.42
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=rjpscience.2010.39.42
KW  - Atresia
KW  -left oviduct
KW  -ovaries
KW  -caecum
KW  -post mortem
KW  -non proteinous
KW  -fluid
AB  - This study describe a rare case of congenital defects involving the atresia of the left oviduct with the accompanying abnormalities of ovaries and caecum observed in a 12 month old layer presented to the Avian Ambulatory Clinic of the Veterinary Teaching Hospital, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria. At post mortem, a thin wall oviduct measuring 18 cm long which opens into the cloaca was noticed while the left oviduct was completely absent. In addition the right hypolastic oviduct had a large cyst with a morphometric measurement of 18 cm by 14 cm by 7 cm and containing 1.25 L of clear non proteinous fluid, weighing 1.01 kg. When the cystic fluid was cultured in blood agar at 37°C for 72 h, no bacteria colony growth was observed. However, biochemical analysis revealed a composition of electrolytes. The bird also had undeveloped ovaries, malformed illeocaecal junction cranially measuring 6.5 cm.
ER  -