1Present address: Division of Veterinary Anatomy & Histology, F.V. Sc. & A.H., S.K. University of Agricultural Sciences & Technology, Shuhama, Kashmir-190 006, Jammu & Kashmir (India)
Department of Veterinary Anatomy, College of Veterinary Science, Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Ludhiana-141 004, Punjab (India)
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Online published on 27 February, 2018.
The present study was conducted on gall bladder of < 1 year-old sheep (n = 9) to elucidate the distribution of enzymes viz., alcoholic dehydrogenase, glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase, glutamic dehydrogenase, lactic dehydrogenase, malic dehydrogenase, reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide diaphorase, reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate-diaphorase and succinic dehydrogenase. The histoenzymic distribution of monoamine oxidase, non-specific esterase, alkaline phosphatase and glucose-6-phosphatase was also recorded. The study revealed moderate to intense activity in glandular areas of gall bladder for majority of enzymes reflecting higher metabolic activity. The enzyme activity was weak to moderate in different tunics of gall bladder and mild to moderate in vascular areas. The differential enzyme activity in different tunics of gall bladder was correlated with metabolic activity of cells.
Enzyme, gall bladder, histochemistry, postnatal, sheep
