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  A Biometric Study of the Lower Respiratory Tract of One-Humped Camel (Camelus Dromedarius) Fetuses
  Author(s): A Bello, JE Onu, BI Onyeanusi, MA Umaru, AI Deneji, ML SonfadaA Bello, JE Onu, BI Onyeanusi, MA Umaru, AI Deneji, ML Sonfada
  
  A Biometrical study was conducted on the lower respiratory tract of 52 foetuses of the one-humped camel collected from the Sokoto metropolitan abattoir, over a period of three months at different gestational ages. The approximate age of the foetuses was estimated from the crown vertebral rump length [CVRL] and samples were categorised into early, middle and late of first, second and third trimester. The mean body weight, mean weights of the entire lower respiratory system of the foetus, mean weights of the various segment of lower respiratory system [trachea, bronchus and lungs] and individual segments of the lungs at early, middle and late of first, second third trimester were observed. It was observed that, there was increase in body weight; organ weight and individual segment of the lower respiratory system of the foetuses with advancement in gestation period. The number of trachea.. View More»
  

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