MORPHOLOGICAL FEATURES OF THE GENERAL COVER IN SHORT-HAIRED FELINE BREEDS

Abstract

The aim of the research is characterization of the skin change of the feline family, depending on the breed charac-teristics of the animals. Clarification of relations, breed-specific features of skin of representatives of the felines fam-ily in order to establish the predominant for the development of dermatotropic pathologies is one of the urgent tasks of clinical morphology and dermatology. The general regularities and breed features of the skin cover of short-haired cat were established, taking into account its regional anatomical and physiological features. The inverse relationship between the epidermis thickness and the density of the hair cover of the studied animals was revealed, regardless of the breed identity. A specific glomerate collagen morphology of dermis was found typical for all cats of short-haired breeds. The research was carried out at the Department of Animal Anatomy and Histology named after Professor A. F. Klimov, Moscow State Academy of Veterinary Medicine and Biotechnology after Scriabin, MBA. The object of the study involved 27 individuals of short-haired cats of reproductive age (2-5 years), including Siamese (n=5), Russian blue (n=5), Burmese (n=6), British short-haired (n=7), Bengal (n=4). The research material is the skin. A comprehensive methodological approach was used, including anatomical dissection, light microscopy of histologi-cal sections, micro-morphometry, and statistical analysis of the obtained digital data. The results obtained are the basic for assessing the morphological and functional skin state and identifying morphological changes that occur in the conditions of skin damage repair.