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Assessment of morphological features of skin and hair cover of Karakul lambs (South of Kazakhstan)

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The relevance of the present research is related to the great importance of Karakul sheep breeding in Kazakhstan and the insufficient investigation of morphological features of the skin and hair cover of Karakul lambs in modern literature. The purpose of the research was to explore the specific features of hair pigmentation and histological structure of the skin of Karakul lambs of different colour groups: black, sur, grey, and brown. The work involved the standard methods of assessing the pigment content in the hair of lambs and methods of histological studies. The study utilised statistical methods including the Kolmogorov-Smirnov criterion, one-factor analysis of variance, Fisher’s F-criterion, and the Bonferroni method, with data processed through the “PASW Statistics 17” and “Statistica 6.0” software packages. The results of the research demonstrate that the pigment content in the hair of new-born Karakul lambs depends on their colouring. Differences in pigment precipitation between different colour groups of lambs were established: pigment grains in black hairs and suras were larger, in comparison with brown and grey hairs, in which pigment was represented by the smallest grains. At the age of 19 days, no significant changes in the colouring of the lambs examined were found (p > 0.05), whereas on reaching 4 months of age, depigmentation (p < 0.05) was noted in all colour groups, which was slower in black lambs.

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  1. Department of Human Morphology and Physiology, Khoja Akhmet Yassawi International Kazakh-Turkish University, Turkestan, Republic of Kazakhstan

    Kulzada Lakhanova

  2. Department of Biotechnology, Mukhtar Auezov South Kazakhstan University, Shymkent, Republic of Kazakhstan

    Bakhytzan Kedelbaev

  3. Department of Chemistry and Biology, Shymkent University, Shymkent, Republic of Kazakhstan

    Aigul Kydyrbayeva

  4. Department of Biology, South Kazakhstan State Pedagogical University, Shymkent, Republic of Kazakhstan

    Karlygash Korazbekova

  5. Department of Biology and Ecology, Makhambet Utemisov West Kazakhstan University, Uralsk, Republic of Kazakhstan

    Rustenov Amangeldy

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KL, BK, and AK conceived the presented the idea, developed the theory, and performed the computations. KK and RA verified the analytical methods and supervised the findings of this work. All authors discussed the results and contributed to the final manuscript.

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Lakhanova, K., Kedelbaev, B., Kydyrbayeva, A. et al. Assessment of morphological features of skin and hair cover of Karakul lambs (South of Kazakhstan). Trop Anim Health Prod 55, 406 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11250-023-03836-5

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