Morphological studies on Meckel’s diverticulum in the duck (Ansa ansa domesticus)

Abstract

This research was carried out to define the morphological features of Meckel's diverticulum (MD) induck and to investigate whether the MD resides in a constant position along the intestinal tract. For thispurpose, a total of 30 adult healthy ducks of both sexes, 50-52 weeks of age were used. After dissecting,some morphological factors such as: total intestine length as well as the lengths of the intestine from thegizzard to MD (GMD), from gizzard to cloaca (GC) and from MD to the caecal opening (MDC) weremeasured. The weight, thickness and length of MD were then recorded. By using t-test and analysing factorsbetween two sexes we concluded that, the location of MD in total specimens was 91.52 ± 8.09 cm far awayfrom the gizzard. There was no significant difference between morphological factors of MD (weight,thickness and length) in both sexes (P>0.05). There was significant difference (P