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RESEARCH ARTICLE

Erythemal Response of Biologically Denuded Sheep to Sunlight and the Effects on Skin Structure and Wool Growth

RE Chapman, JW Bennett and N B Carter

Australian Journal of Biological Sciences 37(4) 217 - 236
Published: 1984

Abstract

Minimal erythema was produced in the skin of three Merino sheep, which had been denuded with cyclophosphamide, with I . I sunburn units of solar erythemal ultraviolet radiation, as measured by a magnesium tungstate detector. The pigmented skin of two Suffolk sheep required 1·7-4·2 sunburn units, depending on the degree of pigmentation. A single dose of 5 sunburn units induced encrustation of the skin 4 days later in both the Merinos and Suffolks.

https://doi.org/10.1071/BI9840217

© CSIRO 1984

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