College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, MAFSU, Parbhani-431 401, India.
Study was conducted on twenty four Deccani sheep of different age groups to know the connective tissue fibres in the skin of Deccani sheep. Dermis presented upper papillary and deeper reticular layer, however, there was no clearcut demarcation between these layers. The collagen fibres were thin running parallel to the epidermis in papillary layer, but running horizontal to oblique direction to epidermis in reticular layer. Elastic fibers were found horizontal, vertical and oblique directions to epidermis in reticular layer. The reticular fibers in papillary layer were found in horizontal directions where as reticular layer, they were arranged in vertical.
