GROSS ANATOMY OF THE PANCREAS OF CHABRO CHICKEN

Abstract

Gross anatomical studies were conducted on the pancreas of twenty four apparently healthy Chabro chickens divided into four groups irrespective of sex. The pancreas was located in the abdominal cavity on the right side of median plane within the duodenal loop. It was elongated and was creamy white in group-1 and pale pink in other groups. It consisted of larger dorsal and ventral lobe, and third smaller splenic lobe. The pancreas was drained by dorsal and ventral pancreatic ducts which entered obliquely in the distal part of ascending limb of duodenal loop. Weight and length of pancreas increased significantly with age of the birds. The dorsal lobe of the pancreas was longest and widest and the splenic lobe was shortest and narrowest. From group 1 to group 3 the dorsal lobe was relatively thicker than the other two lobes but in group 4 ventral lobe was relatively thicker.