Histologic Structure of the Uropygial Gland of the Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)

Ismail S. Harem; Melek Kocak-Harem; Tolunay Turan-Kozlu; Yesim Akaydin-Bozkurt; Ebru Karadag-Sari; Hikmet Altunay

doi:10.1638/2008-0205.1

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1 January 2010 Histologic Structure of the Uropygial Gland of the Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)

Ismail S. Harem, Melek Kocak-Harem, Tolunay Turan-Kozlu, Yesim Akaydin-Bozkurt, Ebru Karadag-Sari, Hikmet Altunay

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J. of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine, 41(1):148-151 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1638/2008-0205.1

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This study was performed to determine the histologic structure of the uropygial gland in an osprey. The gland was composed of two elongated lobes which were enclosed in a capsule of connective tissue. Each lobe of the gland had a large central cavity with one excretory duct. The secretory tubules consisted of four cell types: basal, intermediate, secretory, and degenerative. The intermediate cells in the osprey were few in number and did not form a layer, while secretory and degenerative cells consist of 2–3 strata, indicating a high level of lipogenesis. The membranes and peripheral cytoplasm of degenerative cells located in the base of the lobes revealed calcium (Ca²) deposition and an intense acidophilic reaction.

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Ismail S. Harem, Melek Kocak-Harem, Tolunay Turan-Kozlu, Yesim Akaydin-Bozkurt, Ebru Karadag-Sari, and Hikmet Altunay "Histologic Structure of the Uropygial Gland of the Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)," Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine 41(1), 148-151, (1 January 2010). https://doi.org/10.1638/2008-0205.1

Received: 24 February 2009; Published: 1 January 2010

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