Studies on the orthology of epiphysis cerebri in cattle (Bos taurus var. domesticus L.)

The pineal organ from 20 cattle (10 week-old female calfs, from one year to several years of age male and female cattle) were investigated with histological and histochemical methods. Carbohydrats are evident in a insignificant quantity in the parenchyma cells. The content of lipids is very high according to the age of the cattle the quantity varying. Proteins are evident only in small quantities. The content of ribonucleic acid is equally high in the cytoplasma of the parenchyma cells.