TURKISH JOURNAL OF VETERINARY & ANIMAL SCIENCES, cilt.25, sa.6, ss.913-920, 2001 (SCI-Expanded)
The morphology of the spinal cord in 15 chickens. 15 ducks and 15 pigeons obtained from the Ankara region were examined. The spinal cord consisted of 15 cervical, 7 thoracic, 14 lumbosacral and 5 coccygeal segments (a total of 41 segments) in the chickens; 15 cervical, 8 thoracic, 16 lumbosacral and 5 coccygeal segments (a total of 44 segments) in the ducks and 13 cervical. 6 thoracic, 13 lumbosacral and 5 coccygeal segments (a total of 37 segments) in the pigeons.