Morphometric Comparative Study of the Pancreas between the Owl Bird and the Moorhen Bird

Abstract

The aim of this study was to discover the characteristic features of the pancreas between two different birds. Twenty adult healthy owl birds and moorhen birds, ten individuals per group, were obtained from the local bird market (Algazal Market in Baghdad), regardless of their sex. Birds were euthanized via injection muscularly of ketamine and xylazine anesthetics ( 25.5 mg/kg) of body weight. The results showed that the owl Pancreas. The owl Pancreas was located in the coelomic cavity between the two limbs of the duodenum. The pancreas's color of ranged from white to creamy and it had wide to flat shape . The owl pancreas consisted of three lobes: the dorsal, ventral, and third. There are well-built interlobar networks that make it difficult to distinguish among the three lobes. In owls, the pancreas was tightly attached to the blood vessels and mesentery, as well as its relationship to the gizzard, liver, and spleen, holding the pancreas in place. The pancreas of moorhens exhibited an elongated, strand-like structure. The pancreas of this bird. It is composed of four lobes: ventral, dorsal, third, and splenic. The color of the pancreas is light pink.