UDC 591.477: 636.81
DOI: 10.36871/vet.zoo.bio.202306004
Authors
Natalya A. Slesarenko,
Polina S. Zagorets,
Elena O. Shirokova,
Moscow State Academy of Veterinary Medicine and Biotechnology – MVA by K. I. Skryabin”, Moscow, Russia
Abstract
The article presents a comparative morphological characteristic of the general coat of long-haired
domestic cat breeds (Burmese, British long-haired) and mestizo based on the use of a set of studies,
including anatomical preparation, light microscopy of histological sections, micromorphometry
and statistical analysis of the obtained digital data.
Taking into account the specific, pedigree and topical features of the skin of the studied felines,
its general patterns of structure were revealed. It has been established that the skin is divided
into XNUMX layers: epidermis, dermis and hypodermis. In all the animals we compared, the thickness of
the skin in the back area exceeds that of the abdomen, which depends on the functional purpose of
these regions of the body. Outbred felines reach the maximum value in terms of the total thickness
of the skin, epidermis and hypodermis, however, in terms of the thickness of the skin base, longhaired
cats are ahead of the mestizo. The bundles of collagen structures of the papillary dermis
reach their maximum value in outbred representatives.
Keywords
general integument, skin, mestizos, outbreds, Burmese breed, British longhair, epidermis, dermis, subcutaneous adipose tissue, bundles of collagen fibers
