Skin characters of crossbred cattle and physiological adaptation: Skin thickness*


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Authors

  • S K SAXENA
  • M R MALIK
  • H K B PAREKH

Abstract

The study was conducted to elucidate the role of age and season on the thickness of skin and its different layers in 3-breed cross female caltte having prepondcrance of Jersey in one group and of Fricsian in the other. Only the skin and dermis thickness increased with age. The parts affected by season were the cuticle and epidermis. Significantly thinner cuticle and epidermis during summer in JFL group indicated that this group might be beuer adapted 10 tropical summer than the FJL group animals.

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Author Biographies

  • S K SAXENA
    Principal Investigator, Emeritus Scientist, Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh 482 001

  • M R MALIK
    Associate Professor, Department of Anatomy, Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh 482 001
  • H K B PAREKH
    Professor and Head, Department of Animal Breeding and
    Genetics, Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh 482 001

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Issue

Vol. 64 No. 5 (1994)

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How to Cite

SAXENA, S. K., MALIK, M. R., & PAREKH, H. K. B. (2013). Skin characters of crossbred cattle and physiological adaptation: Skin thickness*. The Indian Journal of Animal Sciences, 64(5). https://epubs.icar.org.in/index.php/IJAnS/article/view/30670