Animal Husbandry and Feed Science ›› 2018, Vol. 39 ›› Issue (6): 13-13.doi: 10.12160/j.issn.1672-5190.2018.06.003

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Morphological Observation of Digestive Tract of Grus grus

Baohuaer (College of Veterinary Medicine, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Hohhot 010018,China)   

  • Online:2018-06-20 Published:2018-06-20

Abstract: In order to enrich the research literature about the morphology of Grus grus, a systematical observation on morphological structures of the digestive tract of Grus grus was carried out. The results showed that Grus grus had a developed tongue avoiding the food from rolling out of the mouth; esophagus was a muscular tube with biggish retractility, and there was developed longitudinal plica in the internal wall; no obvious crop was observed; there were short and small papilla on the surface of the glandular stomach; the muscular stomach was well developed and covered with yellow horniness inside; the small intestine was relatively developed and the longest in the intestine; the appendix was quite developed. In conclusion, the Grus grus has typical characteristics of digestive system of omnivorous bird.

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