Localization of frothy fluid-producing region in the cloaca of male turkey
Fujihara, N.; Nishiyama, H.; Koga, O.
Anatomischer Anzeiger 162(5): 359-366
1986
ISSN/ISBN: 0003-2786 PMID: 3826645 Document Number: 277219
The region which produce a frothy fluid in the cloaca of male turkey was investigated macro- and microscopically. 2 kinds of tissues were recognized in the cloacal region: special tissue at the vicinity of the papilla of the ductus deferens (TVP) in the ventral cloaca and the triangular fold (TF), i.e., Glandula proctodealis dorsalis in the median-dorsal wall of the cloaca. TVP ejected a lymph-like fluid and TF produced a foam in the course of the mounting behavior which were added to the ductus deferens semen during natural mating.