Irrigation of thymus in Paraiso Pedres lineage (Gallus gallus domesticus) birds

A vascularização arterial do timo (número, origem e ordenação) bem como a distribuição parenquimal dos ramos penetrantes foram estudadas em 40 aves da linhagem Paraíso Pedrês. Trinta aves foram injetadas com látex e dissecadas, enquanto 10 aves tiveram seus sistemas arteriais injetados com resina (metil metacrilato e mercox) para a preparação de moldes vasculares. A principal fonte de irrigação encontrada foi a associação dos ramos oriundos das artérias comuns do nervo vago, tireóideas e ingluviais, sendo que seus ramos penetravam o parênquima dos lobos, principalmente pelas suas extremidades cranial e caudal. A partir da penetração, os ramos tímicos apresentavam distribuição predominante para a periferia do lobo, formando uma trama capilar poligonal, com espaços irregulares, característica de um órgão linforreticular.The thymus arterial vascularization (number, origin and organization) as well as the parenchymal distribution of the penetrative branches were studied in 40 birds of Paraiso Pedres lineage birds. From this total, 30 were injected with latex and dissected, while 10 had their arterial vessels injected with resin (methylmethacrylate and mercox) for the vascular matrix preparation. The main source of irrigation found was the association of branches originated from the common arteries of the vago nerve, thyroid and ingluvial, and their branches penetrated in the parenchyma of the lobes especially through the caudal and cranial endings. From this penetration, the thymic branches showed most of their distribution to the lobe periphery, creating a polygonal capilar web with irregular, spaces which is a characteristic of a linforeticular organ

SUPRIMENTO ARTERIAL PARA A BOLSA CLOACAL DE GALINHAS (Gallus gallus Linnaeus, 1758) DA LINHAGEM LABEL ROUGE

Foram estudados a origem, o número e a ordenação dos ramos arteriais destinados à bolsa cloacal em 30 exemplares de Gallus gallus, da linhagem Label Rouge, machos e fêmeas, com idade entre oito e dez semanas. Após injetado o sistema arterial desses animais com solução corada de Neoprene látex, seguido de fixação em solução aquosa de formol a 10 % e ulteriormente dissecados, verificou-se que: a) uma artéria bursocloacal direita esteve presente em 24 dos casos (80,00%), ao passo que a artéria bursocloacal esquerda foi confirmada em 29 dos exemplares (96,66%); b) a bolsa cloacal foi irrigada por um ou dois ramos cloacais, oriundos da artéria bursocloacal ipsilateral; c) a artéria cloacal direita ocorreu em 20 casos (66,66%) e a artéria cloacal esquerda em 9 casos (30,00%), ocasiões em que cediam apenas um ramo; d) o número de ramos arteriais, independentemente de sua origen, variou de dois a quatro, sendo a sua disposição de maneira própria para cada exemplar examinado. Arterial supply for the cloacal bursa of the Rouge Lineage fowl Gallus gallus (Linnaeus, 1758) Abstract A study has been carried out on the origin, number and disposition of the cloacal bursa arterial branches from tirthy male and female fowls (Gallus gallus), of the Label Rouge lineage, ageing between eight and ten weeks. After being injected the arterial system of those animals with a colored solution of Neoprene latex, they were soon after fixed in an 10% aqueous solution of formalin and dissected. The following observations were carried out: a) a right burso cloacal artery was present in 24 of the cases (80.00%), while the left bursocloacal artery was confirmed in 29 of the cases (96.66%); b) the cloacal bursa was irrigated by one or two cloacal branches of the ipsilateral bursocloacal artery; c) the right cloacal artery is present in 20 cases (66.66%) and the left cloacal artery in 9 cases (30.00%), with only one branch; d) the number of arterial branches, independent of origin

X-ray pelvimetry in common marmoset (Callithrix jacchus - LINNAEUS, 1758)

ABSTRACT The common marmoset is an important Neotropical primate for biomedical research. With the intention of providing pelvimetric values that allow the selection of animals with better characteristics for reproduction, we studied the X-ray of the pelvis, in ventro-dorsal projection of 12 adult animals, six males and six females, belonging to the National Center of Primates - CENP. The measurements were made to right diagonal diameters (RDD), left diagonal diameter (LDD), bi-iliac middle diameter (BIMD), bi-iliac upper diameter (BIUD), bi-iliac lower diameter (BILD), sacrum-pubic diameter (SPD), and the input area of the pelvis (IAP), which were compared in relation to sex and bodily correlated with the biometrics. The results of the means and standard deviations regarding pelvimetry (cm) were: for the RDD in males of 1.91±0.14 and in the females of 2.05±0.08; LDD in males of 1.85±0.16 and in females of 2.03± 0.08; BIMD in males of 1.46±0.12 and in the females of 1.5±0; BIUD showed in males 1.3±0.1 and in females of 1.3±0.06; BILD in males of 1.35±0.15 and in females of 1.25±0.08; SPD in males of 1.68±0.09 and in females of 1.93±0.13; IAP in males of 1.9±0.26 and in the females of 2.23±0.13. It was concluded that the pelvis of Callithrix jacchus could be classified as dolicopelvic type, there is sexual dimorphism in relation to the pelvis of adult animals and that the bodily measurements have low positive correlation with pelvic measurements

Características morfométricas do desenvolvimento do timo em cães Morphometric characteristics of thymus development in dogs

O timo é um órgão de grande importância imunológica durante a vida fetal e o período neonatal. Ele é o precursor da linfopoiese e apresenta alta atividade linfopoiética, sendo também o maior órgão linfóide durante a vida intrauterina e até o nascimento. Neste estudo, os aspectoso morfológicos do desenvolvimento prenatal de timos de cães foram descritos em fetos de diferentes idades e sexos. Vinte e quatro fetos de cães domésticos, sem raça definida, machos e fêmeas, foram divididos em 4 grupos etários. O timo apresentou-se composto por dois lobos unidos por um tecido de conexão, com coloração rósea, localizados no espaço mediastinal cranial. A porção cranial estendeu-se pouco além do primeiro par de costelas. As células que formavam o parênquima do timo estavam bem organizadas. Agrega dos concêntricos chamados Corpúsculos de Hassal foram observados, envolvidos por uma delgada cápsula de tecido conjuntivo que é espessada por tecido adiposo. O tamanho dos vasos aumentou gradativamente com a idade dos fetos, sendo maior nos animais próximos ao nascimento. Os timos das fêmeas apresentaram maior volume (Vref) e dimensões de tamanho que nos machos.<br>The thymus is an organ with great immunological relevance during foetus life and neonatal period, It is the predecessor of lymphopoiesis and shows high lymphopoietic activity, being also the largest lymphoid organ during intrauterine life and at birth. In this study, the morphological aspects of the prenatal development of dog thymus were described in foetus of different ages and sexes. Twenty-four foetus of mongrel domestic dogs, males and females, were divided into four age groups. The thymus presented two lobes linked by a rose-colored tissue connection that was localized in the cranial mediastinal space. The cranial portion protrudes slightly beyond the first pair of ribs. The cells that formed the thymus parenchyma were well organized. Concentric aggregates named Hassal corpuscles were observed, involved by a thin capsule of connective tissue thickened by adipose tissue. The vessels size gradually increased with the foetus age, being larger in animals that were closer to birth. The volume (Vref) and size parameters of female thymus were larger than in males