Embryology
Ahmad reza raji; shadi Hashemnia; Ahmad ail Mohammadpour; Abolghasem Nabipour; zohre saddatfar
Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 05 May 2024
Abstract
Ostrich (Struthio camelus) is an important wild species highlighted in national and international livestock. This research was conducted to analyze the development of the ostrich respiratory system in fetal and embryonic stages. A total of 50 fertile ostrich eggs were collected from commercial farms. ...
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Ostrich (Struthio camelus) is an important wild species highlighted in national and international livestock. This research was conducted to analyze the development of the ostrich respiratory system in fetal and embryonic stages. A total of 50 fertile ostrich eggs were collected from commercial farms. They were incubated at 36–37°C and 25 ± 2% humidity for 40 days. Sections were taken in 13, 22, 26, 30, 36, and 42 days of incubation from the lung and the cranial, middle, and caudal parts of the neck after decapitation of ostrich embryos and blood drainage. After fixation, processing, blocking, and sectioning, all samples were stained by hematoxylin and eosin, Alcian blue (AB), Van Gieson, and Periodic acid-Schiff (PAS) techniques.It was concluded that the trachea in the 13-day-old embryo (E13) and goblet cells (PAS-positive and AB-positive) had incomplete rings of hyaline cartilages and differentiation of mesenchymal to the loose connective tissue.Bronchial stage of the lung in the E22, pseudo-glandular stage in the E26, and parabrachial and air capillary stage in the E30 were also observed. The information obtained here will be useful for diagnosing the pathologies affecting this vital system and results in improving industrial breeding management.
Sayed Rasoul Zaker; Hassan Nili; Keramat Asasi
Volume 13, Issue 3 , September 2022, , Pages 439-441
Abstract
Avian influenza virus subtype H9N2 is widely circulating around the globe affecting many species of animal including mammals and birds as well as human beings. The virus has pandemic potential due to segmented nature of the viral genome. Ultra-structural features of apoptosis in field and experimental ...
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Avian influenza virus subtype H9N2 is widely circulating around the globe affecting many species of animal including mammals and birds as well as human beings. The virus has pandemic potential due to segmented nature of the viral genome. Ultra-structural features of apoptosis in field and experimental infection of H9N2 avian influenza virus were studied. Freshly dead birds from affected broiler farms and experimentally infected broiler chickens with H9N2 subtypes were subjected to routine necropsy. Post-mortem findings in different organs were recorded. Appropriate specimens from the trachea were taken for electron microscopy studies. In electron microscopy study, frequent apoptotic bodies were observed in the epithelial cells of trachea. Increase of antibody titer to H9N2 virus following challenge with the virus in experimental group indicates that the infectious cycle has been initiated in the affected birds.
