ULTRASTRUCTURAL CHANGES IN LIVER OF DUCKS IN CHRONIC AFLATOXICOSIS

• Main Authors: K. Latha, Mammen. J. Abraham, K. M. Ramachandran, P. K. Ismail, K. Narayanankutty
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Director of Academics and Research, Kerala Veterinary and Animal Sciences University 2007-01-01
• Series: Journal of Veterinary and Animal Sciences
• Subjects: aflatoxin; duck; ultrastructural pathology
• Online Access: https://www.jvas.in/public_html/upload/article_file/article_file_qxkkm5.pdf?t=qxkkm5

Diefary aflatoxin was fed to four groups of four month old male desi ducks daily at a dose rate of 5, 90,20 and 40 ppb per kg of feed. The ultrastructural changes noticed in the hepatocytes were infact cell nucleus with prominent nuclear pores, increased amounts of heterochromatin that appeared as clumps, dilatation and degranulation of rough endoplasmic reficulum (RER), rounded oval or elongated mitochondria and scattered lipid droplets