A morphometric study of the bovine renal glomerulus.
A morphometric study of 30 glomeruli from perfusion fixed kidneys of each of four cattle revealed that the mesangial area occupied 23.1 per cent of glomerular area in two neonatal calves and 15.3 per cent in two 18-month-old bulls. This is a greater proportion than has been described in most species and bears out the subjective impression that the mesangium is more extensive in this species.
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D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn; D002417:Cattle / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D007678:Kidney Glomerulus / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D008297:Male