College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, MAFSU, Parbhani-431 402, India.
*Part of M.V.Sc. Thesis of first author.
The sebaceous glands were multilobulated simple to branched alveolar type and situated in the papillary layer of the dermis surrounding the hair follicle. The depth of sebaceous gland in lactating, non-lactating and pregnant cow was 346.77 μm, 399.79 μm, 676.62 μm and 251.49 μm, 406.53 μm and 537.84 μm, 338.15 μm, 361.05 μm, and 525.22 μm at the dorsal, lateral and ventral aspect of body region respectively. The length of sebaceous gland in lactating, non-lactating and pregnant group was 75.19 μm, 106.56 and 96.11, 96.94, 75.86 and 78.18, 78.35, 68.06 and 96.81 μm at the dorsal, lateral and ventral aspect of the body regions respectively. The width of the sebaceous gland in lactating, non-lactating and pregnant cow was 74.86, 59.42 and 64.07, 69.95, 68.99 and 59.09, 53.95, 47.14 and 49.13 μm at the dorsal, lateral and ventral aspect of body regions respectively.
