The thymus in the chicken and its anatomical relationship to the thyroid

Panigraphi, D.; Waxler, G.L.; Mallman, V.H.

Journal of Immunology 107(1): 289-292

1971


ISSN/ISBN: 0022-1767
PMID: 5104683
Document Number: 28
In a study of the effects of thymectomy on the lesions of avian tuberculosis (14), 85% of surgically thymectomized chickens had thymic remnants that varied in size from 5% to 15% of the original thymic tissue. The thymic remnants did not undergo hypertrophy or hyperplasia as do most other tissues of the body in response to demand for increased function.

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The thymus in the chicken and its anatomical relationship to the thyroid