1Assistant Professor, Section of Veterinary Anatomy, ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar-243 122 (UP)
Department of Veterinary Anatomy, College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, GBPUAT, Pantnagar-263 145, Uttarakhand, India
2Professor and Head, Department of Veterinary Anatomy, College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, GBPUAT, Pantnagar-263 145, Uttarakhand
3Assistant Professor, Department of Veterinary Anatomy, College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, GBPUAT, Pantnagar-263 145, Uttarakhand
4Ph. D. Scholar, ICAR-Central Avian Research Institute, Izatnagar-243 122 (UP)
The study was about surface morphology of epididymis in 28 weeks old male guinea fowl. The tissue samples were fixed in Karnovsky's fluid and then processed as per the standard procedure for ultrastructural studies. Under scanning electron microscopy, the study revealed that, the epididymis was highly coiled, ductular organ, which covered by thick capsule and contained extratesticular part of rete testis, irregular shaped efferent ductules, connecting ductules and ductus epididymis. These ductules were lined by pseudostratified epithelium with or without cilia on the luminal surface. The inner luminal surface of efferent ductules was thrown into mucosal folds. The connecting ductules and ductus epididymis were almost similar, which lumens were fully packed with spermatozoa.
Surface morphology, SEM, Epididymis, Guinea fowl
