Ultrastructural changes in the oviduct of the laying hen during the laying cycle

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 332, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 349-358

  Chousalkar, K K ^a   Roberts, J R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Hen (Isa Brown); Histology; Oviduct; Scanning electron microscopy; Transmission electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

GLYCOGEN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL TYPE; CELL VACUOLE; CILIATED EPITHELIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; GRANULAR CELL; HEN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; OVIDUCT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROUGH ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; SCANNING ELECTROCHEMICAL MICROSCOPY; SECRETORY GRANULE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; FEMALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; OVIDUCTS; OVIPOSITION;

EID: 42149168487     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00441-007-0567-3     Document Type: Article

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