Studio comparativo morfologico ed istologico del timo e della borsa di Fabrizio di giovani pulcini (Gallus gallus L.) di razza Wyandotte in seguito ad irradiazione
A morphological and histological study of the thymus and of the bursa Fabricii of young chicks (Gallus gallus, Wyandotte race) submitted to X-ray treatment (600 r) was undertaken for comparative purposes. The two irradiated lymphoid organs displayed different histological patterns. Picnotic lymphocytes were found in the most peripheral cortical region of the thymus (where small lymphocytes represent the majority of the cells) only during the first 3 days after irradiation. In the bursa, instead,...