Zur Entwicklung der Eierstocks- und Eileiterarterien Japanischer Wachteln (Coturnix coturnix japonica) nach dem Schlupf

On the post-hatching development of the arteries supplying the female reproductive organs of Japanese quails
A total of 57 Japanese quails of the following age groups were used for this study: 2 days, and 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 weeks after hatching. Tensol cement for the corrosion casts was injected via the aortic arch.
In the female Japanese quails, the A. ovarica (sinistra) to the ovar the following four arteries related to the oviduct were typically present: A. oviductalis cranialis, A. oviductalis cranialis accessoria, A. oviductalis media , and A. oviductalis caudalis.
The A. oviductalis cranialis and A. oviductalis cranialis accessoria appeared first at the age of about 4 weeks and from then on developed uniformly. At the age of 5 weeks a surprisingly rapid development of the A. oviductalis media and A. oviductalis caudalis could be observed. Thus at the age of 6 weeks all four oviduct arteries were well developed and often demonstrated in the already laying (sexually mature) animals an enormous amount of hypertrophy.