Contribution to the study of the pancreatic duct system in buffaloes (Bubalus bubalis — Linnaeus, 1758)

Abstract

The AA. observed the pancreatic duct system of 19 Jaffarabadi buffaloes (10 males and 3 females), in order to study: 1. a possible accessory communication with duodenum through the bile duct; 2. the arrangement of the main pancreatic ducts. The results of this investigation showed: a) it has not a secondary communication of the pancreatic duct system with the duodenum through the bile duct; b) the duct of Santorini, when passing through the right lobe of the gland, receives eight (26,3% ), four (21,0%), seven (15,8%), five (10,5%), six (10,5%) and less frequently, three (5,3%), nine (5,3%) and ten (5,3%) main ducts, besides many small ones earning from the whole pancreas.