National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS)
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PRINT ISSN : 2319-7692
Online ISSN : 2319-7706 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcmas@gmail.com / submit@ijcmas.com Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash Index Copernicus ICV 2018: 95.39 NAAS RATING 2020: 5.38 |
In mammals, skin is the largest of the body's organs which provides an immediate and excellent barrier between the internal tissues and external environment. Dendritic cells are antigen presenting cells which regulate the immune responses. The present study, aimed to describe the morphology and distribution of dendritic cells present among the skin of cattle, buffalo, sheep and goat. Dendritic cells were stained using Osmium tetroxide solution. The dendritic cells were mostly located in the basal layer at epidermis except small ruminats wherein the cells were mostly in the dermis. Morphology of the DCs also exhibited variations between these domestic animal species. Two types of DCs namely typical dendritic cells and atypical dendritic cells were observed in this study. Both the cell types showed the presence of intra cytoplasmic birbek granules. Typical dendritic cell morphology were found to be more in buffalo skin. The number of DCs from most numerous to least in number in the present study as follows: buffalo, cattle, sheep and goat. The number of dendritic cell in the present study indicated the incidence or prevalence of skin diseases was least in buffalo followed by cattle and more incidence of skin diseases in sheep and goat.
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