A prospective study on histochemical observation of thyroid gland at prepubertal Black Bengal goat

Abstract

In the present study, Period Acid Schiff (PAS), Verhoeff's and Van Gieson stains were used in the Department of Anatomy and Histology to observe the histochemical architecture of thyroid gland at prepubertal Black Bengal goat. Thyroid follicular cells were cuboidal in prepubertal goats. These cells showed moderate PAS-positive reaction in prepubertal group. PAS activity in the basement membrane of the thyroid follicles was mild in prepubertal Black Bengal goats. The lumen of the thyroid follicles contained homogenous intense PAS positive colloid materials in prepubertal goats. Parafollicular cells showed intense PAS positive reaction for glycogen in prepubertal goats. Capsule, connective tissue septa, interfollicular connective tissue of the thyroid gland mainly composed of collagen fiber. The wall of blood vessels in the capsule and interfollicular blood capillaries was composed of collagen fiber and elastic fiber. Elastic fiber formed the inner layer of the blood vessels showed blue black to black color. Inner layer of the capsule penetrated the gland parenchyma divided the gland into indistinct lobe and lobules. Collagen fiber distributed around the thyroid follicle formed the interfollicular stroma of the thyroid gland. The results of the present study can also be used to compare with that of human specially in AutoImmune Thyroiditis (AIT).