Figure 1

Histopathological evaluation of liver in Rats fed Lard Based Diets. (A) Represents a normal liver with normal morphology from a euthyroid animal which consumed a control diet. (B) Represents a normal liver with normal morphology from a thyroid altered animal which consumed a control diet. (C) Represents a normal liver in a euthyroid animal with normal morphology, which consumed a 25% lard diet. (D) Shows liver from a thyroid altered animal which consumed 25% lard diet. There is evidence of +1 ito cells and a hepatocyte with the presence of two small cytoplasmic vacuoles. (E) Represents the liver from a euthyroid animal which consumed 37% lard diet that shows the presence of 3 ito cells (+4) and multiple vacuoles (+3). (F) Represents the liver from a thyroid altered animal which consumed 37% lard diet that shows the Presence of ito cells (+4) and vacuoles (+2).