Anatomy of Digestive System of pigeon with regard to age

ISBN-13: 9783848414833 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 144 str.

Sajid Raza;Razia Kausar;Anas Sarwar

Opis

The digestive system of the birds have some unique aspects in that it stores food temporarily in the crop, and masticates it in the gizzard rather than in the mouth like the other animals. The vertebrate gastrointestinal tract is a dynamic organ (Brugger, 1991). The digestive organs of birds consist of the epithelium derived from the endoderm (Romanoff, 1960). Birds have a digestive tract (GI tract) that is much shorter (to reduce weight for flight) and have a specially modified stomach for processing seeds and plant material. In pigeons, the crop lining changes dramatically when they are feeding young. Birds depend heavily on their digestive system to remain nourished and healthy.

O autorze

Mr. Sajid Raza is Veterinay officer at veterinary hospital tehsil chichawatni, district Sahiwal, Pakistan. Mr. Sajid did his DVM in 2009 from University of Agriculture, Faisalabad. He got his M.Phil from same institute in the subject of Anatomy in 2011.