Age Related Histological Study of Skin Epidermis in Deccani Sheep

Abstract

The quality of wool is determined in terms of fiber finesse measured in microns. It also depends upon follicular characteristics in the skin of sheep. The Deccani sheep is one of the fiber producing breeds in India. A meager information is available on the histology of the skin epidermis in Deccani sheep with reference to age. The epidermis had four layers from outside to inwards via stratum corneum, stratum granulose, stratum spinousum and stratum basal. The stratum spinousm presented four to five layers of cuoboidal cells with spherical nuclei.