Vol. 11, Special Issue 7 (2022)

Author(s):
Rakesh Gena, Balwant Meshram, Purushottam, Nitika, Hemant Kumar Jediya and Kamal Meena

Abstract:
This research was intended to learn the ultrastructure characteristics of cloaca in Guinea fowl (Numida meleagris) birds by scanning electron microscopes. The study was performed on six healthy mature birds of Guinea fowl (Numida meleagris) birds. The cloaca of studies birds had a three segment viz, coprodeum, urodeum and proctodeum divided through two mucosal fold in between them viz, coprourodeal fold and uroproctodeal fold. The coprodeum was the largest chamber that acquiring feces from the rectum while urodeum was smallest chamber serve as a lodgment for left and right ureters in birds of either sex, also it has provided the lodgement for the left oviduct in females and paired ductus deferens in males. SEM examination of guinea fowl cloacal segment was characterized by a longitudinal and transverse folds and furrows on mucosal surface with densely packed microvilli.