The shell gland in laying and natural moulting commercial egg-type chickens: A histomorphological and ultrastructural study.
Anat Histol Embryol
; 49(4): 521-531, 2020 Jul.
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The purpose of the present study was to determine the histological and ultrastructural changes in the luminal epithelium of the shell gland associated with natural moulting. Samples of the shell gland from laying (32 weeks old) and moulting (75 weeks old) hens were studied using histological, histochemical and electron microscopic techniques. In addition, TUNEL was used to demonstrate the distribution of apoptotic cells in the luminal epithelium of the shell gland. Autophagy, characterized by the presence of autophagosomes and autolysosomes, was evident in the early stages of degeneration in non-ciliated, ciliated and mitochondrial cells. The intermediate and advanced stages of regression in non-ciliated as well as mitochondrial cells occurred via apoptosis, while both apoptotic and necrotic ciliated cells were observed during the later stages of degeneration. The results of the present study suggest that a synergy of autophagy, apoptosis and necrosis is involved in the involution of the shell gland during natural moulting.
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Oviductos
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Galinhas
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Casca de Ovo
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2020
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