title: [Anatomy of the parathyroid glands of the zebu (Bos indius)].
abstract: In this study, the anatomy of the parathyroid glands is examined in zebu cattle. Data have been collected on 61 parathyroids, belonging to 18 Gobra, Maure or Cross breeds animals. Four parathyroid glands have been identified: 2 cranial and 2 caudal. The former are located, either between the lateral retropharyngeal lymph node and the mandibular salivary gland in relation with the common carotid artery or on the latero-dorsal face of the pharynx at the emergency of the cranial laryngeal nerve. The later are located near the thyroid gland. Parathyroid glands are small (length = 1.1 cm, width = 0.6 cm), brown dark glands whose average weight is 169 mg. They can be easily collected in zebu cattle but attention must be payed to lymph and hematic nodes, thymus and fat connective tissue.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Missohou
authors.forename: K C
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Agba
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D003238:Connective Tissue / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D010280:Parathyroid Glands / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D012469:Salivary Glands / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D013961:Thyroid Gland / Q000033:anatomy & histology
vernacular_title: Anatomie des glandes parathyroides du zébu (Bos indicus).