Abstract:
The digestive tract anatomy of reindeer that live in northeast China was studied.The reindeer has no planum nasonabiale,but has an undeveloped planun labiales.There are filiform papillae,fungiform papillae,valate papillae and lenticular papillae,but no foliate papillae on the tongue.Both the male and female have uper canine tooth.The primary major salivary glands included parotid gland,mandibular gland,and monostomalical sublingual gland.The stomach included rumen,reticulum,omasum and abomasum.The spiral loop of ascending colon have 5 centripeta turns and 5 centrifugal turns.In the last centrifugal turn there is an "s"formed loop in the ventro-caudal quadrant.
Key words:
Reindeer,
Alimentary tract,
Anatomy
CLC Number:
LIU Weimin, YANG Yinfeng, Dugeersiren, QIAO Ling, Erdermutu, Galazhabu. The Anatomy of Alimentary Tract in Chinese Reindeer(Rangifer ta randus)[J]. ACTA AGRICULTURAE BOREALI-SINICA, 2001, 16(1): 132-135. doi: 10.3321/j.issn:1000-7091.2001.01.025.