Effects of Grafting the Skin in Merino Sheep, With Special Reference to the Growth of Wool and Hair

Abstract

Grafts of wool-growing trunk skin (wool grafts) and hair-growing inguinal skin (hair grafts) were studied in two black and two black and white adult Merino sheep. Skin growing black wool was transplanted to skin growing white wool and vice versa. Also, skin in both black and white regions was excised and returned to the same site. Inguinal skin was transplanted to black wool-growing skin.