Gross Anatomical and Histomorphological Studies on Liver with Ramification of Portal Vein and Hepatic Artery in Ghungroo Pig

Abstract

The modern breeds of pig evolved from different crossings between the two original types and the present day domestic pig, Susdomesticus is the result of thousands of years of evolution through gradual domestication. In recent years the pig has been increasingly used as an experimental animal, especially in the field of liver transplantation (Peacock & Terblanche, 1967; Hunt, 1967; Hobbs et al., 1968; Calne et al., 1969) owing to its similarity to man in having no hepatic vein sphincters, in being omnivorous, and in having similar blood biochemistry (Peacock and Terblanche, 1967). Ghungroo pig is an indigenous and potential strain first reported from North Bengal, West Bengal. Ghungroo International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences ISSN: 2319-7706 Volume 7 Number 06 (2018) Journal homepage: http://www.ijcmas.com