Histomorphological Study of the Small Intestine in Gaddi Goat

Abstract

The present study was conducted on the small intestine of 10 healthy Gaddi goats. The submucosa of ileum showed concentration of spheroid, pyriform or ovoid shaped aggregated lymphatic nodules known as Peyer’s patches. The lamina muscularis mucosa was a continuous layer of smooth muscle for most of the small intestine
except at some places in the region of duodenum with Brunner’s glands and in ileum by nodules of Peyer’s patches, where it was interrupted. The tunica muscularis consisted of two distinct layers of smooth muscle bundles separated by thin connective tissue having ganglionic cells and myenteric plexus. The tunica serosa was composed of loose areolar connective tissue which was invested by mesothelium.