Histocytology of the avian (&lt;i&gt;Gallus domesticus&lt;/i&gt;) carotid body

Summary The right and left carotid body and carotid baroreceptor zone of six adult domestic fowls were examined. Nerve cell bodies were found in nine of the twelve carotid bodies and in ten of the twelve carotid baroreceptor zones. They showed the general ultrastructural features of autonomic neurons. Nerve cell bodies in both locations contained intranuclear inclusion bodies and cytoplasmic dense cored vesicles. A few presumptive adrenergic endings, and dendritic processes were associated with nerve cell bodies in the carotid body. Large numbers of presumptive adrenergic endings and presumptive cholinergic endings, and dendritic processes were associated with nerve cell bodies in the carotid baroreceptor zone. The possible identity and function of these nerve cell bodies are discussed.

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Pathology of Experimental Vitamin D Deficiency in Chickens and Effects of Treatment with Vitamin D Metabolites

Horst

1981

Vet Pathol

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Structural changes in bone, parathyroid, and ultimobranchial body were examined in three groups of chicks fed a vitamin D-deficient diet; one group was treated with vitamin D3 and another with 1,25(OH)2D3. Diets were fed from day of hatching until 5 weeks old, when deficient chicks were near death due to hypocalcemic tetany, loss of fat and muscle, and marked bone deformities. In deficient chicks, parathyroid mass increased linearly to 7.5 times normal at 5 weeks. Parathyroid cells were irregular and vacuolated, with few granules. 1,25(OH)2D3 had normal parathyroids until the fifth week, when parathyroid mass increased greatly. There were few differences in length of growth cartilage, but marked changes in length of metaphyses. Deficient chicks had metaphyses nearly five times longer than vitamin D3-treated chicks. Metaphyses in chicks given 1,25(OH)2D3 were twice as long as those of vitamin D-treated chicks at 5 weeks. Both osteoblasts and osteoclasts were more numerous in deficient chicks. These studies suggest that vitamin D3 is more effective than 1,25(OH)2D3 in preventing parathyroid and bone lesions of vitamin D deficiency.

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Histocytology of the avian (<i>Gallus domesticus</i>) carotid body

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An Ultrastructural Study of Nerve Cell Bodies in the Carotid Body and Common Carotid Artery of the Domestic Fowl

Pathology of Experimental Vitamin D Deficiency in Chickens and Effects of Treatment with Vitamin D Metabolites

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