Pre-hatched Developmental Changes of Harderian Gland in Chicken Rana Jigyasa1,*, Patel Shailesh Kumar2, Banubakode Sanjay B.1, Dalvi R.S.1, Nandeshwar N.C.1, Charjan Rupali1 1Department of Veterinary Anatomy and Histology, Nagpur Veterinary College, Seminary Hills, Nagpur, India 2Department of Veterinary Pathology, College of Veterinary Science and A.H., Anjora, Durg, India *Corresponding author: J Rana; Email: rana.jigyasa@gmail.com
Online published on 19 July, 2019. Abstract The present study aimed to explore histogenesis of the Harderian gland of chicken from the 11th to 20th day of incubation. The Harderian gland was situated in the orbit, postero-medial to the eyeball in the embryo and loosely attached by periorbital fascia to the underlying muscles. The primordial Harderian gland appeared as an aggregation of undifferentiated cells on either side between interorbital septum and the retina, on 11th day of incubation. By the 16th day of incubation, gland was seen as elongated tube with little contortion of the lumen bounded by epithelial cells which subsequently became large on the 18th day of incubation. The gland appeared as branched tubular structure and gave rise to out pocketing in the mesenchyme. At the 20th day of incubation, the Harderian gland was seen to be a branched tubuloacinar type surrounded by thin layer of connective tissue. The acini formation was well defined and intralobular ducts with large lumen were seen in the parenchyma. Top Keywords Histogenesis, Harderian gland, Chicken, Mesenchymal cells. Top |