A Morphometric and Histometric Analysis of The Effect of Mint Oil (Mentha piperita) Supplementation at Different Levels to Quail (Coturnix coturnix Japonica) Rations on Glandula Uropygialis

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The present study was conducted to morphometrically and histometrically analyse the impact of different amounts of peppermint oil added to quail (Coturnix coturnix Japonica) rations on their glandula uropygialis. A total of 40 Japanese quails were used in the study. They were divided into four groups including 10 quails (5 males, 5 females) in each group. The groups were fed rations that included different concentrations (control, %0.1, %0.2, %0.3) of peppermint oil for six weeks. At the end of the study, morphometric measurements of the decapitated animals were taken from their glandula uropygialis. As a next step, the glands were stained with Hematoxylin-Eosin in order to perform their histometric measurements after the routine tissue follow-up. Taking into account the morphometric and histometric parameters, it was found out that the addition of different amounts of peppermint oil to the ration affected papilla length (P 0.01), left lobe length and width (P 0.05) of quail glandula uropygialis. However, there was no statistically significant difference between other parameters and gender (P 0.05). As a result, it was concluded that adding different amounts of peppermint oil to the rations did not have a significant impact on quail glandula uropygialis.

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Quail , glandula uropygialis , histometry , morphometry , pepppermint oil

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