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from the specimens of their pancreas were stained with general and special stains
then photographed with Dino-eye piece camera and analyzed with its image software.
Macroscopic examination showed that the pancreas of the rabbit was structured
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as a diffused type because the lobes were diffusely invested within the mesenteric
tissue. The data showed the existence of the accessory pancreatic duct and absence
of the major duct. Microscopic findings revealed immature exocrine portion at
one day aged rabbits due to the morphological changes established during subsequent
ages. The endocrine portion reside primarily in the islets
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morphological changes in the exocrine portion at twenty and forty days of age
as well as the gradual changes at sixty and eighty days of ages were observed.
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