LPM 221: Commercial Poultry Production and Hatchery Management (1+1)

PROVENTRICULUS

• Proventriculus is a bulbous organ situated just before the gizzard.
• It is small in size and holds little food material.
• The internal surface of the proventriculus is covered with glandular mucous membrane, which secretes gastric juice.
• Proventriculus is also known as glandular stomach or true stomach.