Morphological study of the hard palate in the Egyptian goats (Capra hircus) : a scanning electron microscopic study

dc.contributor.authorMahdy, Mohammed A.A.
dc.contributor.authorAbdalla, K.E.H. (Kamal)
dc.contributor.authorMohamed, S.A. (Salma)
dc.date.accessioned2018-10-16T09:41:22Z
dc.date.issued2018-10
dc.description.abstractThe aim of this study was to investigate the morphology of the goat hard palate by light and scanning electron microscopy (SEM), in addition to gross and morphometric analysis. A total of twelve goat heads, from normal adult and apparently healthy goats of both sexes, were collected from local slaughterhouses in Qena province, Egypt. Samples were subjected to gross examination, morphometric analysis, light microscopy and SEM. The hard palate in the goats was long and could be divided into a rostral narrow part and a caudal wide part with about 12–15 transverse palatine ridges from which the rostral palatine ridges were serrated on their free caudal edges. The dental pad replaced the upper incisors; its caudal border had a serrated appearance. At higher magnification, the epithelial surface of the palatine rugae and incisive papilla revealed a variety in the shape of the microplicae and the pattern of the micropits. These adaptations of the goat's hard palate might increase its efficiency during ingestion and mastication of coarse roughages and in directing the food backwards. To our knowledge, this is the first study showed the detailed anatomical description of the hard palate of the goat with SEM.en_ZA
dc.description.departmentAnatomy and Physiologyen_ZA
dc.description.embargo2019-10-01
dc.description.librarianhj2018en_ZA
dc.description.sponsorshipSouth Valley Universityen_ZA
dc.description.urihttps://wileyonlinelibrary.com/journal/aheen_ZA
dc.identifier.citationMahdy MAA, Abdalla KEH, Mohamed SA. Morphological study of the hard palate in the Egyptian goats (Capra hircus): A scanning electron microscopic study. Anat Histol Embryol. 2018;47:391–397. https://doi. org/10.1111/ahe.12366.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn1439-0264 (online)
dc.identifier.issn0340-2096 (print)
dc.identifier.other10.1111/ahe.12366
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/66906
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherWileyen_ZA
dc.rights© 2018 Blackwell Verlag GmbH. This is the pre-peer reviewed version of the following article : Morphological study of the hard palate in the Egyptian goats (Capra hircus): A scanning electron microscopic study. Anat Histol Embryol. 2018;47:391–397. https://doi. org/10.1111/ahe.12366. The definite version is available at : http://wileyonlinelibrary.com/journal/ahe.en_ZA
dc.subjectDental paden_ZA
dc.subjectGoats (Capra hircus)en_ZA
dc.subjectHard palateen_ZA
dc.subjectMorphometryen_ZA
dc.subjectPalatine ridgesen_ZA
dc.subjectScanning electron microscopy (SEM)en_ZA
dc.subjectSheepen_ZA
dc.subjectFutureen_ZA
dc.subjectBehavioren_ZA
dc.subjectAdaptionen_ZA
dc.subjectMicroplicaeen_ZA
dc.titleMorphological study of the hard palate in the Egyptian goats (Capra hircus) : a scanning electron microscopic studyen_ZA
dc.typePostprint Articleen_ZA

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