Morphological characterization of sweat glands in three bovine racial groups under tropical conditions

Romulo Campos; Héctor Avila; Paula Esquinas; José Luis Manzano; Mauricio Velez-Terranova

doi:10.31893/jabb.2024024

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The number, size, and distribution of sweat glands are involved in cattle adaptation and thermoregulation mechanisms. Similarly, variations among different racial groups during grazing merit a morphometric study. The present work aimed to compare sweat glands and hair follicles in three cattle breed groups under low trophic conditions. This study was conducted in a tropical inter-Andean valley located between 3'30 and 4'10 N and between 76'21 and 76'46 W, with three breed groups. They were Holstein (Bos taurus), Cebu (Bos indicus), and animals of the Harton del Valle breed, Colombian Creole cattle (Bos taurus). From each breed, seven animals were analyzed, and each individual had a skin biopsy taken from the cervical area, close to the scapular joint. For the histological assemblies, optical microscopy was used to analyze the thickness of the glandular epithelium, counting the number of sweat glands per square millimeter, sebaceous glands, and hair follicles. The statistical analysis included descriptive statistics and one-way analysis of variance to determine the effect of racial group. The analysis revealed that neither the thickness of the glandular epithelium nor the number of sweat glands varied among the three racial groups, whereas the number of sebaceous glands and the number of hair follicles significantly differed. Compared with zebu cattle, Creole Harton del Valle cattle presented a lower number of hair follicles, sweat glands and sebaceous glands.
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Campos, R., Avila, H., Esquinas, P., Manzano, J. L., & Velez-Terranova, M. (2024). Morphological characterization of sweat glands in three bovine racial groups under tropical conditions. Journal of Animal Behaviour and Biometeorology, 12(3), 2024024. https://doi.org/10.31893/jabb.2024024

[1] Asres A, Amha, N (2014) Physiological adaptation of animals to the change of environment: a review. Journal of Biology, Agriculture and Healthcare 4:146-151.

[2] Baker LB (2019) Physiology of sweat gland function: The roles of sweating and sweat composition in human health. Temperature 6:211-259. doi.org/10.1080/23328940.2019.1632145

[3] Calicioglu O, Flammini A, Bracco S, Bellù L, Sims R (2019) The future challenges of food and agriculture: An integrated analysis of trends and solutions. Sustainability 11(1):222 doi.org/10.3390/su11010222

[4] Carvalho FA, Lammoglia MA, Simoes MJ, Randel RD (1995) Breed Affects Thermoregulation an Epithelial Morphology in Imported and Native Cattle Subjected to Heat Stress. Journal of Animal Science 73(12):3570-3573. doi.org/10.2527/1995.73123570x

[5] Das P, Ranjan R, Paul S (2014) A comparative histological study on the sweat gland of cattle (B. indicus) and Yak (P. poephagus). Exploratory Animal and Medical Research 4:183-187.

[6] Henao FJ (1986) Fisiología Ambiental, Importancia de las Glándulas Sudoríparas en la Pérdida de Calor del Bovino, Parte I. Revista Veterinaria y Zootecnia de Caldas 5:63-67.

[7] Holdridge, L. 1982. Zonas de vida. San José (Costa Rica): Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA).

[8] Jian W, Duangjinda M, Vajrabukka C, Katawatin S (2014) Differences of skin morphology in Bos indicus, Bos taurus, and their crossbreds. International Journal of Biometeorology 58:1087-1094. doi.org/10.1007/s00484-013-0700-9

[9] Kapadnis PJ, Gupta SK, Karmore SK, Suman A, Varma, R, Panday Y (2022) Histological study of Sweat gland in Cattle. International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research and Analysis 5(6):1336-1340. doi.org/10.47191/ijmra/v5-i6-20

[10] Landaeta-Hernández A, Zambrano-Nava S, Hernández-Fonseca JP, Godoy R, Calles M, Iragorri JL, Añez L, Polanco M, Montero-Urdaneta, Olson T (2011) Variability of hair coat and skin traits as related to adaptation in Criollo Limonero cattle. Tropical Animal Health and Production 43:657-663. doi.org/10.1007/s11250-010-9749-1

[11] Mateescu RG, Sarlo-Davila KM, Hernandez AS, Nunez-Andrade A, Zayas, GA, Rodriguez EE, Dikmen S, Oltenacu PA (2023) Impact of Brahman genetics on skin histology characteristics with implications for heat tolerance in cattle. Frontiers in Genetics 14. doi.org/10.3389/fgene.2023.1107468

[12] Mohammed ESI, Madkour FA, Zayed M, Radey R, Ghallab A, Hassan R (2022) Comparative histological analysis of the skin for forensic investigation of some animal species. EXCLI journal 21:1286–1298. doi.org/10.17179%2Fexcli2022-5335

[13] Naranjo JF (2017) Producción de alimentos de origen animal y cambio climático. CES Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia 12:1-2.

[14] Nascimento CCN, Fonseca VDFC, Fuller A, de Melo Costa CC, Beletti ME, de Mattos Nascimento MRB (2019) Can Bos indicus cattle breeds be discriminated by differences in the changes of their sweat gland traits across summer and winter seasons? Journal of Thermal Biology 86:102443. doi.org/10.1016/j.jtherbio.2019.102443

[15] Nascimento MRBDM, Dias EA, de Santos TR, Ayres GF, Nascimento CCN, Beletti ME (2015) Effects of age on histological parameters of the sweat glands of Nellore cattle. Revista Ceres 62:2. doi.org/10.1590/0034-737X201562020001

[16] Sanmiguel-Plaza RA, Díaz-Ávila V (2011) Mecanismos Fisiológicos de Termorregulación en Animales de Producción. Revista Colombiana de Ciencia Animal 4:1

[17] Singh, S. V., & Maibum, U. (2016) Physiological and cellular adaptations of zebu cattle to tropical climatic conditions. Journal of the Andaman Science Association 21:97-103.

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