Journal of Camel Practice and Research
SCOPUS
  • Year: 2013
  • Volume: 20
  • Issue: 2

Scanning electron microscopy of the mucosa of the large intestine of the camel (Camelus dromedarius)

  • Author:
  • A.M.A. Mohamed1,, A.A.M. Taha2, A.M. Ali2
  • Total Page Count: 3
  • Page Number: 187 to 189

1Department of Biomedical Science, College of Veterinary Medicine, Sudan University of Science and Technology, Sudan

2Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Khartoum, Sudan

*Email: abduseory@hotmail.com

Online published on 18 April, 2014.

Abstract

Scanning electron microscopy of the mucosa of the large intestine of the camel (Camelus dromedarius) showed that the caecal mucosa was made of numerous and irregular folds. These mucosal folds appeared in the colon as regular features which had shallow irregular grooves on their surface. But in the rectum, these were irregular in shape. The surfaces of the mucosal folds were covered with a layer of epithelial cells and numerous goblet cells.

Keywords

Large intestine, mucosa, one-humped camel, scanning electron microscopy