Histomorphometric and Immunohistochemical Characteristics of the Skins of Egyptian Water Buf- falo (Bubalus bubalis) and One-Humped Camel (Camelus dromedarius)
El-Shafey, A., Emam, M., Kassab, A. (2017). Histomorphometric and Immunohistochemical Characteristics of the Skins of Egyptian Water Buf- falo (Bubalus bubalis) and One-Humped Camel (Camelus dromedarius). EKB Journal Management System, 10(1), 1-16. doi: 10.21608/jva.2017.37153
Anwar A. El-Shafey; Mahmoud Abdelghaffar Emam; Ahmed A. Kassab. "Histomorphometric and Immunohistochemical Characteristics of the Skins of Egyptian Water Buf- falo (Bubalus bubalis) and One-Humped Camel (Camelus dromedarius)". EKB Journal Management System, 10, 1, 2017, 1-16. doi: 10.21608/jva.2017.37153
El-Shafey, A., Emam, M., Kassab, A. (2017). 'Histomorphometric and Immunohistochemical Characteristics of the Skins of Egyptian Water Buf- falo (Bubalus bubalis) and One-Humped Camel (Camelus dromedarius)', EKB Journal Management System, 10(1), pp. 1-16. doi: 10.21608/jva.2017.37153
El-Shafey, A., Emam, M., Kassab, A. Histomorphometric and Immunohistochemical Characteristics of the Skins of Egyptian Water Buf- falo (Bubalus bubalis) and One-Humped Camel (Camelus dromedarius). EKB Journal Management System, 2017; 10(1): 1-16. doi: 10.21608/jva.2017.37153

Histomorphometric and Immunohistochemical Characteristics of the Skins of Egyptian Water Buf- falo (Bubalus bubalis) and One-Humped Camel (Camelus dromedarius)

Journal of Veterinary Anatomy
Article 2, Volume 10, Issue 1, 2017, Page 1-16  XML
Document Type: Original Article
DOI: 10.21608/jva.2017.37153
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Authors
Anwar A. El-Shafey1; Mahmoud Abdelghaffar Emam2; Ahmed A. Kassab1
1Department of Anatomy and Embryology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Benha University, Moshtohor 13736, Egypt.
2Department of Histology and Cytology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Benha University, Moshtohor 13736, Egypt.
Abstract
Abstract
The current work focuses on study- ing the histomorphological character- izations of the skin of Egyptian water buffaloes (Bubalus bubalis) and one- humped camels (Camelus dromedar- ius). Therefore, few in depth histolog- ical, morphometric and immuno- histochemical comparative studies are so far available. This study was carried out on the skin specimens of fourteen adult, male Egyptian water buffaloes and one-humped camels (seven/each). Buffalo's skin showed several histological similarities with that of camel, but there were some histomorphometric and immuno- histochemical differences. In spite of being the epidermis of buffalo signifi- cantly thicker than in camel, the horny layer of camel's skin was sig-


nificantly thicker than buffalo, in addi- tion, it appeared laminar and weavy, while that of buffalo appeared com- pact. Hair follicles were more numer- ous in camel than in buffalo while sweat glands had larger diameter in buffalo. The secretory epithelium of the sweat glands varied from cu- boidal with central nuclei in buffalos to columnar with basal nuclei in camels. Immunohistochemically, vi- mentin and melanosome were over- expressed in camels than buffaloes. It is concluded that buffalo's skin was thicker than camel, which put it up for the production of skin quality re- quirements of the leather industry. However, higher vimentin content in camel skin may suggest higher ten- sile strength than in buffalo. Fur- thermore, it is reported that overexpression of melanosome in camel's skin than buffalo may play a role in photoprotection against harmful sunny rays in harsh hot climate of the desert.
Keywords
Keywords: Skin; histomorphome- try; Immunohistochemistry; Buffalo; camel
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