National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS)
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PRINT ISSN : 2319-7692 Online ISSN : 2319-7706 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcmas@gmail.com / submit@ijcmas.com Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash Index Copernicus ICV 2018: 95.39 NAAS RATING 2020: 5.38 |
The present study was conducted to evaluate the histological features of elongated soft palate in dogs affected with brachycephalic syndrome. Soft palate samples were collected from dogs which underwent surgical correction of elongated soft palate. Histological observations of brachycephalic soft palate in this study were edema of the lamina propria, superficial epithelial hyperplasia, interfibrillar matrix swelling, hyperplasia of mucous gland and structural degeneration of muscle fibers. Histological study indicate that the increased thickness of the elongated soft palate in dogs with brachycephalic airway syndrome was not due to muscle hypertrophy or fat deposition but is instead due to significantly increased stroma within the lamina propria, edema and increased proportion of salivary tissue. Hence multifactorial changes are responsible for elongation and thickening of soft palate in brachycephalic dogs.
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