Study of properties of male mink skins obtained from animals with different degrees of invasion intensity

Abstract

The results of the study on indicators of some commercial properties and the assessment of the quality of farm male mink skins obtained from the animals with a various degree of intensity of eimeriosis invasion are given in the article. Eimeriosis invasion of male mink population is a vital reason for cessation of the growth of young mink and also their increased mortality and change in the quality of their hair-covering for the worse. The skins of male farm mink of the standard dark brown (SDB) color type with a various degree of invasion intensity were taken as materials for the investigations from the fur farm in Kaliningrad Region of the Northwestern District of the Russian Federation and were divided into four experimental groups. The first group of skins was obtained from clinically healthy animals, the second group of skins – from the sick ones with a weak degree of invasion intensity, the third group of skins – from the sick mink diseased with eimeriosis of a medium degree of invasion intensity, the fourth group of skins – from the mink with eimeriosis of a high degree of invasion intensity. The analysis of the results of the study on the indicators of natural and true hair length and thickness and height of the hair-covering, size of male mink skins with a various degree of invasion is presented in the article.