Morphometric Investigation of the Brainof West African Dwarf Sheep in Nigeria

Morphometric studies were carried out on the brains of twenty West African Dwarf (WAD) sheep using frozen unfixed specimen. The mean brain weight was 69.14g, while the mean brain length and depth were 7.48cm and 4.17cm, respectively. The mean length of the cerebrum and cerebellum were 5.08cm and 2.2...

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Autores principales:	Olopade,James Olukayode, Onwuka,Silas Kalu, Balogun,Babatunde Abiodun, Oke,Bankole Olusiji
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Sociedad Chilena de Anatomía 2005
Materias:	Anatomy Brain West African dwarf sheep
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spelling	oai:scielo:S0717-950220050002000012005-08-24Morphometric Investigation of the Brainof West African Dwarf Sheep in NigeriaOlopade,James OlukayodeOnwuka,Silas KaluBalogun,Babatunde AbiodunOke,Bankole Olusiji Anatomy Brain West African dwarf sheep Morphometric studies were carried out on the brains of twenty West African Dwarf (WAD) sheep using frozen unfixed specimen. The mean brain weight was 69.14g, while the mean brain length and depth were 7.48cm and 4.17cm, respectively. The mean length of the cerebrum and cerebellum were 5.08cm and 2.27cm, respectively. The relative brain weight was 0.08% while the relative weight of the head was 0.8%. There was a significant difference (p < 0.05) in the weight of head, weight of brain, brain length and depth and in the relative brain weight of animals weighing 10kg and above, compared with those below this weight mark. The values of the first four parameters were higher while the fifth was lower. Animals aged one year and above, had significantly heavier body weights and longer cerebrum (p < 0.05), than those below this age mark, the latter however had significantly lower relative brain weight and also weight of brain to weight of head. The results obtained in this study will be useful in Comparative Neuroanatomy and as baseline research data in neuropathology, pharmacology, anaesthesiology and neurophysiologyinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessSociedad Chilena de AnatomíaInternational Journal of Morphology v.23 n.2 20052005-01-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0717-95022005000200001en10.4067/S0717-95022005000200001
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spellingShingle	Anatomy Brain West African dwarf sheep Olopade,James Olukayode Onwuka,Silas Kalu Balogun,Babatunde Abiodun Oke,Bankole Olusiji Morphometric Investigation of the Brainof West African Dwarf Sheep in Nigeria
description	Morphometric studies were carried out on the brains of twenty West African Dwarf (WAD) sheep using frozen unfixed specimen. The mean brain weight was 69.14g, while the mean brain length and depth were 7.48cm and 4.17cm, respectively. The mean length of the cerebrum and cerebellum were 5.08cm and 2.27cm, respectively. The relative brain weight was 0.08% while the relative weight of the head was 0.8%. There was a significant difference (p < 0.05) in the weight of head, weight of brain, brain length and depth and in the relative brain weight of animals weighing 10kg and above, compared with those below this weight mark. The values of the first four parameters were higher while the fifth was lower. Animals aged one year and above, had significantly heavier body weights and longer cerebrum (p < 0.05), than those below this age mark, the latter however had significantly lower relative brain weight and also weight of brain to weight of head. The results obtained in this study will be useful in Comparative Neuroanatomy and as baseline research data in neuropathology, pharmacology, anaesthesiology and neurophysiology
author	Olopade,James Olukayode Onwuka,Silas Kalu Balogun,Babatunde Abiodun Oke,Bankole Olusiji
author_facet	Olopade,James Olukayode Onwuka,Silas Kalu Balogun,Babatunde Abiodun Oke,Bankole Olusiji
author_sort	Olopade,James Olukayode
title	Morphometric Investigation of the Brainof West African Dwarf Sheep in Nigeria
title_short	Morphometric Investigation of the Brainof West African Dwarf Sheep in Nigeria
title_full	Morphometric Investigation of the Brainof West African Dwarf Sheep in Nigeria
title_fullStr	Morphometric Investigation of the Brainof West African Dwarf Sheep in Nigeria
title_full_unstemmed	Morphometric Investigation of the Brainof West African Dwarf Sheep in Nigeria
title_sort	morphometric investigation of the brainof west african dwarf sheep in nigeria
publisher	Sociedad Chilena de Anatomía
publishDate	2005
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Morphometric Investigation of the Brainof West African Dwarf Sheep in Nigeria

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