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Journal of Experimental Biology 56,545-550 (1972)
Published by Company of Biologists 1972

A Note on the Biliary System of the Domestic Duck and a Method for Collecting Bile

D. W. T. CROMPTON ¹ and M. C. NESHEIM ²

¹ Department of Poultry Science and Graduate School of Nutrition, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York; The Molteno Institute: University of Cambridge
² Department of Poultry Science and Graduate School of Nutrition, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York

1. The morphology of the biliary system of the domestic duck is described. There is a connexion between the hepato-enteric and cysto-hepatic ducts. Consequently, the bile secreted in the right and left lobes of the liver need not drain separately into the duodenum via the cysto-enteric and hepato-enteric ducts respectively.

2. A simple apparatus and method for collecting bile from ducks is described. The method could easily be modified for other animals which possess a gall-bladder.

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