MORPHOLOGICAL STUDIES ON THE UROPYGIAL GLAND OF BELTSVILLE SMALL WHITE BREED OF TURKEYS ( Meleagris gallopavo)

Abstract

A morphological study was conducted on uropygial glands of 16 adult Beltsville small white turkeys. The lobes of the uropygial glands were pear shaped and creamy yellowish in colour. It was located on the dorsal surface of the synsacral region extending from second to fourth coccygeal vertebrae. The gland constituted 0.01 % of total body weight. Both the lobes had similar length, width and Yhickness. The waxy glandular secretion was discharged through a common papil la. The glands derived their arterial supply from the caudal artery.