ANATOMICAL AND HISTOCHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF PROSTATE GLAND IN BACTRIAN CAMEL (Camelus bactrianus)

Anatomical and histochemical features of the corpus prostate in the bactrian camel were observed by anatomical, histological and histochemical methods, and also by transmission microscope. The corpus prostate is a tubuloalveolar gland containing many lobules. Each lobule composed of several secretory units and ducts, which was lined by a single line of epithelial cells with basal nucleus. Epithelial cells showed PAS-positive and Alcian Blue-negative, indicating that secretory granules contain neutral mucosubstances. The ultrastructure of epithelial cells varied in different shape of the cells. The columnar cells contained amount of golgi apparatus and mitochondria, while the pyramidal cells contained little organelles. These indicated that the ultrastructure of the cell depend on the different secretory cycle.