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Characteristics Of Pelt Follicles And Their Relationship With Pelt Quality In Fat-Tailed Gray Shirazy Sheep, Mazaher Safdarian, Majid Hashemi, Mohammad Reza Hashemi

Turkish Journal of Veterinary & Animal Sciences

The purpose of the present investigation was to measure pelt follicle characters after birth and to determine the relationship among pelt and follicle characters in fat-tailed Gray Shirazy sheep. Skin samples were taken from 150 lambs at 1 and at 120 days of age and from their parents (18 rams and 150 ewes) using a biopsy punch (8 mm in diameter) from the right mid-side of the body. Several sections of 8 µm were then prepared, mounted, and stained on glass slides to determine follicle characteristics. The least square means of primary (P) follicle density/mm2 in skin of 1- and …