GROSS MORPHOLOGICAL STUDIES ON THE HARDERIAN GLAND OF ZOVAWK (MIZO LOCAL PIG)

VANLALROZAMI¹, P.C. KALITA², P.J. DOLEY³, A. KALITA⁴, O.P. CHAUDHARY⁵, HEMEN DAS⁶*, S. SINGH^7
1Department of Veterinary Anatomy and Histology, College of Veterinary Sciences and Animal Husbandry, Central Agricultural University, Selesih, 796014, India
²Department of Veterinary Anatomy and Histology, College of Veterinary Sciences and Animal Husbandry, Central Agricultural University, Selesih, 796014, India
³Department of Veterinary Anatomy and Histology, College of Veterinary Sciences and Animal Husbandry, Central Agricultural University, Selesih, 796014, India
⁴Department of Veterinary Anatomy and Histology, College of Veterinary Sciences and Animal Husbandry, Central Agricultural University, Selesih, 796014, India
⁵Department of Veterinary Anatomy and Histology, College of Veterinary Sciences and Animal Husbandry, Central Agricultural University, Selesih, 796014, India
⁶Department of Veterinary Physiology & Biochemistry, College of Veterinary Sciences and Animal Husbandry, Central Agricultural University, Selesih, 796014, India
⁷Department of Veterinary Anatomy and Histology, College of Veterinary Sciences and Animal Husbandry, Central Agricultural University, Selesih, 796014, India
* Corresponding Author : hemenvet@rediffmail.com

Received : 30-07-2018     Accepted : 11-08-2018     Published : 15-08-2018
Volume : 10     Issue : 15       Pages : 6815 - 6816
Int J Agr Sci 10.15 (2018):6815-6816

Keywords : Zovawk, Harderian gland, Mizo Local Pig
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : We are thankful to College of Veterinary Sciences and Animal Husbandry, Central Agricultural University, Selesih, 796014, India
Author Contribution : All author equally contributed

The study was conducted on apparently healthy 6 animals of Zovawk (Mizo local Pig). The right and left of the Harderian glands were situated on medioventral region of the eyeball between the periorbita and the bony orbit. The freshly collected Harderian glands were pale pink in colour and their shapes were not similar. Each Harderian gland showed 2 surfaces, 2 borders and 2 extremities. The Harderian glands of both the surfaces were divided into various lobules by shallow grooves. The different biometrical values with regard to weight, length, width and thickness were found to be higher in right sides than the left sides of the Harderian gland. Present study may establish relations between morphological structure and functions of these glands in Zovawk.

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