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A method of assessing cutaneous pigmentation in bovine skin

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2009

S. H. Yang
S. H. Yang
Affiliation:
The Hannah Dairy Research Institute, Kirkhill, Ayr
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1. Since the pigmentation of the skin cannot be assessed by visual examination of the hair or hide, a simple and convenient method of grading the cutaneous pigmentation of cattle based on the microscopic examination of skin sections has been described.

2. The degree of cutaneous pigmentation of the skin of twenty body regions of three Ayrshire cows, two Ayrshire bull calves, two Sudanese Zebu bulls, one Sudanese Zebu cow and one Jamaican Zebu cow have been assessed by this method.

3. The skin of the Zebu cattle was found to be much more heavily pigmented than that of the Ayrshire cattle.

4. The dorsal and lateral regions of both the Zebu and the Ayrshire cattle were more pigmented than the ventral and leg regions.

Type
Research Article
Information
The Journal of Agricultural Science , Volume 42 , Issue 4 , October 1952 , pp. 465 - 467
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1952

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