Department of Anatomical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Shahre-kord Islamic Azad University, P.O. Box 166, Shahrekord, Iran.
To detect the volume densities of different stromal and parenchymal structures of pancreas by morphometric studies six pairs of Iranian west domestic ducks (26–30 weeks) were used. Except for the exocrine tissue and blood vessels, the volume densities of other tissue structures of pancreas in male were more than female. In duck, pancreas has highly exocrine function and amount of enzyme production may be higher in the dorsal lobe of female, but the endocrine hormones (particularly glucagon) are more in ventral lobe of male.
Histomorphometric, pancreas, Iranian west ducks, volume density
