A Biometrical study was conducted
on the lower respiratory tract of 52 foetuses of the one-humped camel collected
from the Sokoto metropolitan abattoir, over a period of three months at
different gestational ages. The approximate age of the foetuses was estimated from the crown vertebral rump length [CVRL] and samples were categorised into early, middle and late of first, second and third trimester.
The mean body
weight, mean weights of the entire lower respiratory system of the foetus, mean
weights of the various segment of lower respiratory system [trachea, bronchus
and lungs] and individual segments of the lungs at early, middle and late of first, second third trimester were observed. It was observed that, there was
increase in body weight; organ weight and individual segment of the lower
respiratory system of the foetuses with advancement in gestation period.