Environment and sheep wool quality indicators

Abstract

The features of the skin histology and the determination of the quality indicators of wool of young female Tsigai breed sheep are presented in the article. A positive correlation was found between the fineness of the wool and the live weight (p ≤ 0.05); between the shearing of natural wool and the fineness of the wool (p ≤ 0.05); between the shearing of natural wool and the live weight (p ≤ 0.05); between the washed wool and the fineness of the wool (p ≤ 0.05) and the shearing of natural wool (p ≤ 0.05). There is no reliable relationship between the fineness and the percentage of the washed wool shearing. However, the percentage of the shearing of washed wool is negatively related to the live weight (p ≤ 0.05), the shearing of natural wool. The greatest thickness of the skin was on the back and leg are 968.07 and 968.24 microns respectively. It is assumed that the skin regeneration occurs due to the cells of the basal layer. This is due to the fact that the thickness of the basal layer decreases in the following order: side-back-leg-neck, which correlates with the degree of exposure to damaging factors on these areas.