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Study on Skin Thickness in Crossbreed Cattle


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1 Department of Veterinary Anatomy and Histology, College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Parbhani (M.S.), India
2 Department of Veterinary Anatomy and Histology College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Parbhani (M.S.)
     

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The skin of crossbreed cow (Deoni x HF, F1 generation) histologiocally showed three layers as epidermis, dermis and hypodermis. The epidermis consisted of four types of layers from outer to inner side as Stratum carneum, Stratum granulosum, Stratum spinosum and Stratum basale. The keratinocytes were found in the Stratum carneum, melanocytes and langerhans cells were found in Stratum spinosum and Stratum basale. The markels cells were round in basal layer of the epidermis in heifers.


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Skin, Thickness, Crossbreed Cattle.
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Authors

P. J. Kapadnis
Department of Veterinary Anatomy and Histology, College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Parbhani (M.S.), India
P. N. Thakur
Department of Veterinary Anatomy and Histology College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Parbhani (M.S.)

Abstract


The skin of crossbreed cow (Deoni x HF, F1 generation) histologiocally showed three layers as epidermis, dermis and hypodermis. The epidermis consisted of four types of layers from outer to inner side as Stratum carneum, Stratum granulosum, Stratum spinosum and Stratum basale. The keratinocytes were found in the Stratum carneum, melanocytes and langerhans cells were found in Stratum spinosum and Stratum basale. The markels cells were round in basal layer of the epidermis in heifers.


Keywords


Skin, Thickness, Crossbreed Cattle.

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