Histochemical Studies of Pancreas in Prenatal Goat (Capra hircus)

The present study was conducted on the 24 goat foeti of either sex ranging from 42 days to full term gestation. In all the structural components (Tubules cells, bud cells, islets cells, acinar cells, pancreatic duct cells, mesenchymal cells, stromal tissue and wall of blood vessels) of foetal goat pancreas showed positive reaction for glycogen, mucopolysacharides, acid mucopolysacharides and lipids in mid and late prenatal period except in the stromal tissue where lipids were almost absent. In both groups the reaction for alkaline phosphate in mesenchymal cells, islets, acinar cells, stromal tissue and wall of blood vessels showed positive reaction whereas these showed negative reaction of acid phosphatase.