The oesophagus and stomach of the African elephant : a histological, immunocytochemical and immunofluorescence study

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dc.contributor.author Van Aswegen, G.
dc.contributor.author Schoeman, J.H.
dc.contributor.author De Vos, Valerius
dc.contributor.author Van Noorden, Susan
dc.contributor.editor Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand
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dc.date.created 2013
dc.date.issued 1994
dc.description The articles have been scanned in colour with a HP Scanjet 5590; 600dpi. Adobe Acrobat XI Pro was used to OCR the text and also for the merging and conversion to the final presentation PDF-format. en
dc.description.abstract Histological, immunocytochemical and immunofluorescence methods were employed to study the oesophagus and stomach of the elephant. The histological findings were in line with the situation in monogastric species like swine and man. In the mucosa of the stomach, endocrine cells were immunoreactive to gastrin, somatostatin, chromogranin A and serotonin. Nerve cells immunoreactive to somatostatin, bombesin, VIP, PHI and CGRP were detected in the submucosal and myenteric plexus of the stomach. In the stomach, the absence of glucagon cells and the presence of endocrine cells immunoreactive to PYY, are in contrast to the situation in mammals and need further investigation. Small gastric ulcers were observed in some of the specimens. en
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dc.identifier.citation Van Aswegen, G, Schoeman, JH, De Vos, V & Van Noorden, S 1994, 'The oesophagus and stomach of the African elephant : a histological, immunocytochemical and immunofluorescence study’, Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, vol. 61, no. 3, pp. 223-229. en
dc.identifier.issn 0330-2465
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/2263/32729
dc.language.iso en en
dc.publisher Published by the Agricultural Research Council, Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute en
dc.rights © ARC-Onderstepoort (original). © University of Pretoria. Dept of Library Services (digital). en
dc.subject Veterinary medicine en
dc.subject Loxodonta africana en
dc.subject.lcsh Veterinary medicine -- South Africa
dc.subject.lcsh Veterinary anatomy en
dc.title The oesophagus and stomach of the African elephant : a histological, immunocytochemical and immunofluorescence study en
dc.type Article en


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