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Year 2018 - Volume 38, Number 8
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Morphology of rhea’s cloacal bursa, Rhea americana americana Linnaeus, 1758, 38(8):1696-1704
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ABSTRACT.- Oliveira R.E.M., Araújo Júnior H.N., Câmara F.V., Oliveira F.D., Costa H.S., Bezerra F.V.F., Moura C.E.B. & Oliveira M.F. 2018. [Morphology of rhea’s cloacal bursa, Rhea americana americana Linnaeus, 1758.] Morfologia da bolsa cloacal de emas, Rhea americana americana Linnaeus, 1758. Pesquisa Veterinária Brasileira 38(8):1696-1704. Departamento de Ciências Animais, Universidade Federal Rural do Semi-Árido, Rua Francisco Mota 572, Presidente Costa e Silva, Mossoró, RN 59625-900, Brazil. E-mail: radan_elvis@hotmail.com
The cloacal bursa is the bird’s organ responsible for maturation and transfer of lymphocytes to other tissues. Despite the importance of this organ in the immunological mechanisms of these animals, information about their morphology in rhea are scarce. We used 12 animals (6 males and 6 females) for light, transmission electron, and scanning microscopy. Microscopically, the cloacal bursa presented the inner mucosa consists of pleated lymphoid lobes of various sizes, organized as alveolar structure, in all ages. In each nail was found four histological components: mucosa, submucosa, muscular and adventitia layers. These lobes were composed of a cortical zone, a corticomedular zone and a medular area. It was verified the existence of varying sizes lymphocytes, lymphoblasts, blood capillaries, epithelial reticular cells and macrophages. By scanning electron microscopy, it was found that the mucous membrane surface of the bursal lobes showed polygonal projections, with the presence of short microvilli membranes throughout the surface. The comparison between 0 and 15 weeks demonstrated the development of the bursal lobes. The morphological pattern of the rhea cloacal bursa differs from standard commonly reported for other birds such as wild duck, Angola’s chicken, native goose, turkey, Japanese quail, and Hawk. |
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