In poultry, the testes are located where?

• A. Descend outside the abdomen
• B. Remain within the abdominal cavity
• C. Are absent
• D. Are in the scrotum

Answer: (B)

In poultry, the testes stay inside the body; birds do not have a scrotal sac. The gonads are intra-abdominal, located along the dorsal abdominal wall near the kidneys. They enlarge during maturity but remain within the body cavity rather than descending externally. Often the left testis is more developed than the right, but both are internal. This is why the correct description is that the testes remain within the abdominal cavity.