ABSTRACT
Chicken ovaries are known to develop asymmetrically and only the left ovary fully develops. Although both have been greatly investigated, a gap in scientific reports is still felt between 2-mo-old and sexual maturity. In this study, we aimed at investigating the changes in components that occur during growth to analyze the morphohistological correlation between the left ovary and the follicle development at different age stages in Gallus domesticus. The ovaries were harvested from 60 chickens aged 1 and 3-wk-old, 1, 2, 3, and 4-mo-old (n = 10 per age group), then fixed in AAF solution. Hematoxylin-and Eosin protocol was used to stain the tissue for microscopic observations. Results revealed that the left ovary exhibited an ovarian tissue, a site of follicular growth that displayed various shapes from smooth to greatly indented as the follicles differentiated. Atretic follicles at various regression stages were noticed frequently as the chicks grew in age from 3-wk-old onward along with their differentiation. Rete ovarii, remnants from the male homologs were observed throughout the whole study showing epoöphoron, connecting rete, and gland-like structures that tend to diminish with age. The feature of the left ovary is closely related to the follicular developmental stage, and the bigger and differentiated the follicles are, the more indented and irregular its epithelium appears. Atresia is a normal physiological process that we observed throughout the whole study. Also that, rete ovarii do not spontaneously arise in the ovary but it develops and grows in juvenile chicken as well as in adult ones.
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Chickens , Ovary , Animals , Female , Follicular Phase , Growth and Development , Male , Ovarian FollicleABSTRACT
Several types of alkyd resins have been analyzed by simultaneous pyrolysis methylation gas chromatography mass spectrometry (SPM-GC-MS). The samples were mixed with tetramethylammonium hydroxide, and the process included simultaneous pyrolysis derivatization and mass spectrometry determination. SPM-GC-MS conditions: a vertical microfurnace-type pyrolyzer was directly attached to a gas chromatograph-mass spectrometer. About 20 ug of the mixed alkyd resin sample was introduced into the center of the pyrolyzer at 450 degrees C under the flow of helium carrier gas. The inlet mode was split with an injection interval of 10 s and the inlet pressure was 82.7 kPa. The gas chromatograph was fitted with a fused-silica capillary column ( SE-54 30 m x0.25 mm i.d. x 0.25 um). Temperature program settings were: initial temperature, 40 degrees C, hold 2 min; increase at 6 degrees C min 1 to 220 degrees C, hold 14 min; increase at 10 degrees C min 1 to 280 degrees C, hold 8 min. All pyrolysis products referred to were identified by mass spectrometry. The temperature of the ion source was 210 degrees C and that of the transfer line was 250 degrees C. The technique could give additional information about the composition of the dibasic acids, polyols, six types of drying oils, and modified alkyd resins. The method is sensitive, accurate, convenient, and involves minimal sample manipulation.
