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Comparison of the response of secondary hair follicles of cashmere and angora goats to prolactin and melatonin in vitro

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 November 2017

M. Ibraheem ,
H. Galbraith  and
J.R. Scaife
M. Ibraheem
Affiliation:
Department of Agriculture, University of Aberdeen, 581 King Street, Aberdeen, AB9 1UD, UK.
H. Galbraith
Affiliation:
Department of Agriculture, University of Aberdeen, 581 King Street, Aberdeen, AB9 1UD, UK.
J.R. Scaife
Affiliation:
Department of Agriculture, University of Aberdeen, 581 King Street, Aberdeen, AB9 1UD, UK.
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Angora and Cashmere goats produce two distinctive major fibres. The hair coat of the Angora goat consists essentially of a single fleece of Mohair grown by secondary hair follicles with a limited production of guard hair from primary follicles. The average fibre diameter ranges from 22 to 45 urn. In contrast, the Cashmere bearing goat has a double coat comprising coarse guard hair produced by primary follicles with the fine cashmere underhair (preferably 19 μm diameter or less) produced by secondary hair follicles. In the Angora goat, the fibres grow essentially continuously while in cashmere, hair follicle activity is determined largely by seasonal changes in photoperiod. The objective of this study was to investigate the effects of prolactin and melatonin, hormones implicated in the photoperiodic response, on the pattern of growth of secondary hair follicles isolated and maintained in vitro.

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Sheep, Goats and Deer
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Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Production (1972) , Volume 1994 , March 1994 , pp. 218
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Copyright © The British Society of Animal Production 1994

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