Table 2.

Morphometrical and statistical findings of the tissue layer thickness in the rumen of red deer during prenatal development (µm)

	Group I	Group II	Group III	Group IV	Group V
Epithelium	62 ± 5	105 ± 9	250 ± 20	430 ± 31	550 ± 36
Lp + Sb	pbt	pbt	101 ± 8	86 ± 7	182 ± 8
Tm	195 ± 10*	205 ± 16*	76 ± 11	186 ± 14	192 ± 12
Serosa	56 ± 3	48 ± 5	33 ± 6	23 ± 4	25 ± 3
Wall	313 ± 16	358 ± 18	460 ± 28	725 ± 48	949 ± 52

Lp + Sb = lamina propia and submucosa.

Tm = tunica muscularis; pbt = pluripotential blastemic tissue.

^*The pluripotential blastic tissue of groups I and II, which will later give rise to the lamina propria and submucosa, were not statistically compared owing to the fact that one structure will give rise to various others.