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The effect of intensive fattening of bulls with a high-concentrate diet on ruminal mucosa – a morphometric study

ČERNÍK, J. ŠTERCOVÁ, E. ŠTERC, J. FICTUM, P. LUŇÁČEK, J. HALOUZKA, R.

Original Title

The effect of intensive fattening of bulls with a high-concentrate diet on ruminal mucosa – a morphometric study

Type

journal article - other

Language

English

Original Abstract

The aim of the study was to identify the effect of fattening of experimental Simmental bulls (a total of 10 animals) with a high-concentrate diet on ruminal mucosa and dimensions of ruminal papillae, and to assess the intensity of keratinization of papillary epithelium. The experimental period lasted from weaning to slaughter (359 days). Histopathological and morphometric examinations of ruminal mucosa indicated that the ruminal papillae of bulls from the experimental group were better developed (long with a lower degree of keratinization) compared to the control group. Significant differences between the experimental and control groups were found in the length of ruminal papillae (p = 0.005), width of stratum corneum (p = 0.034) and degree of mucosal keratinization on the surface of ruminal papillae (p = 0.014). Conclusive results of morphometric analysis prove the facility of the use of morphometrics as a method useful for veterinary pathology, mainly for the accuracy of the histological diagnosis.

Keywords

Cattle, rumen, grain, morphometry, ruminal epithelium.

Authors

ČERNÍK, J.; ŠTERCOVÁ, E.; ŠTERC, J.; FICTUM, P.; LUŇÁČEK, J.; HALOUZKA, R.

RIV year

2011

Released

15. 9. 2011

Publisher

University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences in Brno

ISBN

0001-7213

Periodical

ACTA VETERINARIA BRNO

Year of study

80

Number

3

State

Czech Republic

Pages from

275

Pages to

279

Pages count

5

URL

https://actavet.vfu.cz/80/3/0275/

Full text in the Digital Library

http://hdl.handle.net/11012/137200

BibTex

@article{BUT75516,
  author="Julius {Černík} and Eva {Štercová} and Jan {Šterc} and Petr {Fictum} and Jiří {Luňáček} and Roman {Halouzka}",
  title="The effect of intensive fattening of bulls with a high-concentrate diet on ruminal mucosa – a morphometric study",
  journal="ACTA VETERINARIA BRNO",
  year="2011",
  volume="80",
  number="3",
  pages="275--279",
  doi="10.2754/avb201180030275",
  issn="0001-7213",
  url="https://actavet.vfu.cz/80/3/0275/"
}