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Variation in wool growth and of mitotic activity in follicle bulbs induced by nutritional changes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 1962

P. G. Schinckel
P. G. Schinckel
Affiliation:
C.S.I.R.O. Division of Animal Physiology, The Ian Clunies Ross Animal Research Laboratory, Prospect, N.S.W., Australia
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Wool growth on tattoo patches and mitotic activity in follicle bulbs were studied in a sheep on low and high levels of nutrient intake. The rate of wool growth on the high intake was 156% greater than that on the low intake while the rate of cell production from the follicle bulbs was 56% greater. The remainder of the increase in rate of fibre output was attributed to an increase of about 64 % in the volume of the individual cells of the fibres.

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Research Article
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Animal Production , Volume 4 , Issue 1 , February 1962 , pp. 122 - 127
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Copyright © British Society of Animal Science 1962

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