Equus caballus
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English: Horse
German: Pferd
French: Cheval
Spanish: Caballo
Distribution areas
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The horse is a domesticated animal which
has been bred by Man for thousands of
years. It is no longer found in the wild.
Description of the fur
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For fur purposes, only the skins of The surface structure
young animals are used. The best quality of the skin, 200x
fur is found up to the age of two months.
The coat is relatively coarse and coloured in all shades of brown and black.
Also, grey, white, and different spotted mutations are known. The hair coat
is usually about 15 mm thick; the mature animal has a hair coat which is, on
average, from 20 to 35 mm thick. The hair fibres are straight and very
variable in diameter. The undercoat is not distinguishable. The hair fibres
are usually darker in colour at the bottom. The hair shaft of the young
animals is sometimes curled.
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Equus caballus
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English: Horse
German: Pferd
French: Cheval
Spanish: Caballo
Structure of the hair
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The microscopic structure of the skin
surface is furrowed; the hair follicles are
narrow with raised edges or, in some cases,
with the inner sheath protruding. The
follicles are single haired.
The fine fur fibres are few in number. Longitudinal section
Their cross-sectional outline is circular of an intermediate fibre, 600x
and they are from 10 to 25 µm thick. The
cuticular scales are cornet-like with a smooth surface and straight scale
margins. The fine fibres are non-medullated.
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Equus caballus
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English: Horse
German: Pferd
French: Cheval
Spanish: Caballo
The intermediate fibres and guard hairs
are very similar in structure; they only
difference can be found in the diameter of
the shafts. The cross-sectional outline is
circular in shape and the diameter is
between 35 and 95 µm. The cuticular scales
are even tile-like, with both the scale
surface and the scale margins being smooth.
The medullar column is usually wide, A group of the fine hairs,
unbroken and central symmetrical-shaped. 600x
The overall shape of the medulla is the
non-symmetrical non-uniform lattice type with a complex-sheet-like infilling
material.
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Equus caballus
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English: Horse
German: Pferd
French: Cheval
Spanish: Caballo
The cuticular structure
of the fine fibres, 1000x
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Equus caballus
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English: Horse
German: Pferd
French: Cheval
Spanish: Caballo
The cuticular structure
of the fine fibres, 1000x
Numerical code for horse skin surface
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Surface of the skin: 3-5.6-1
Fine fur fibres: 1-5-1-1-4-0-0-0-0-10.25-5.15
Intermediate fibres: 1-2-1-1.2-2-1-1-10-4-35.61-20.35
Guard hairs: 1-2-1-1.2-2-1-1-10-4-60.95-20.41
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