Micromorphological study of the blood vessels of the teat of buffaloes in Egypt (Bos bubalis L.)
Moussa, M.H.
Anatomischer Anzeiger 152(2): 129-140
1982
ISSN/ISBN: 0003-2786 PMID: 7158795 Document Number: 187738
The intermediate layer of the teat wall of the buffalo is a vessel zone. In the teat of buffalo-calf and heifer, the arteries supplying it were muscular and straight in their course. Some of these arteries showed thickened walls. In pregnant buffalo, the number of vascular elements were more marked and greatly increased. The arteries supplying the lactating teats were extremely thickened and tortuous in their course. This seems to be due to an increase in the amount of fibromuscular tissue around these vessels. Certain structural features were observed in the arteries of the lactating teats. The relation of the teat vasculature and let-down of milk was discussed.