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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Journal of Morphological Sciences 2015; 32(01): 029-032
DOI: 10.4322/jms.071014
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Thieme Revinter Publicações Ltda Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Morphometric studies of some visceral organs and gastrointestinal tract of four-toed african hedgehog (atelerix albiventris)

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  • I. A. Girgiri

    1   Department of Veterinary Anatomy, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Maiduguri, P.M.B 1069, Maiduguri, Borno State, Nigeria

  • B. G. Gambo

    1   Department of Veterinary Anatomy, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Maiduguri, P.M.B 1069, Maiduguri, Borno State, Nigeria

  • B. Ibrahim

    2   Department of Veterinary Physiology, Pharmacology and Biochemistry, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Maiduguri, P.M.B 1069, Maiduguri, Borno State, Nigeria

  • A. Bwala

    1   Department of Veterinary Anatomy, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Maiduguri, P.M.B 1069, Maiduguri, Borno State, Nigeria
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05. April 2014

08. Juli 2015

Publikationsdatum:
08. Oktober 2018 (online)

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Abstract

Introductions: Morphometric studies were carried out on some visceral organs and gastrointestinal tract of African four-toed hedgehogs found in Maiduguri, Nigeria. Materials and Methods: Twelve (12) healthy adult hedgehogs, (6 male and 6 females) were used. The overall mean body weight was 239.5±28.3 g, and was statistically not significant (p > 0.05) between the sexes. The absolute (g) and relative (%) values for nearly all the visceral organs measured were consistently higher in the female, but were statistically not significant (p > 0.05) between the sexes. Results: The gastrointestinal tract morphology was simple, and lacks ceca. The overall mean length of the greater curvature of the stomach was 7.42±0.95 cm, with females (8.17±1.14 cm) having significantly higher values (p < 0.05) than (6.67±0.75 cm) observed in the males. Conclusions: The results obtained in this study will be useful in comparative anatomical studies, and as basic research data in varied ield of zoology and veterinary sciences.

Keywords

atelerix albiventris - morphometry - visceral organs - gastrointestinal tract