Gross Morphometric Study on Postnatal Development of Adrenal Gland in Gohilwadi Goat (Capra Hircus)

A study was conducted on the adrenal gland of 20 Gohilwadi goats (Capra hircus), age rangingfrom day old to adult. Animals were divided in three age groups, viz., group-I (day old to 1 month),group-II (1 to 6 months) and group-III (above 6 months). The different gross and biometricparameters, viz., weight, length, width and thickness of both left and right adrenal gland wererecorded. The left adrenal gland was roughly oval elongated and right was roughly triangular inshape in all the age groups. Different biometric parameters of adrenal gland increased significantly(P less than 0.05) from group I to group III. There was no significant difference (Pu003e0.05) in various grossand biometric observations between left and right adrenal gland within the same group.