Authors : M. Abbasi , A. Gharzi , H. Karimi and H. Khosravinia
Abstract: Skin is a remarkable and versatile organ, which not only covers the whole body but also has a number of other important functions. In present study, we aimed to compare some characters of skin in the various parts of skin in male and female of Lori sheep. To fulfill this task we were provided 20 sheep skin and removed our samples as small pieces from their different regions. Observations, which were made here, showed that the mean density of wool fiber in this breed is 6 mm 2. Moreover, although no significant difference was observed regarding the thickness of epidermis and dermis, some clear differences were showed in the case of follicles diameters between 2 sexes. In general, we demonstrated here that in lori sheep the sex influences on quantitative and qualitative characters of skin and its main epidermal appendages namely, wool follicles.
M. Abbasi , A. Gharzi , H. Karimi and H. Khosravinia , 2008. Effects of Sex on Histological Characteristics of Various Area of Skin in an Iranian Native Breed of Sheep. Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances, 7: 1503-1505.