Evaluation of hair follicle parameters using TrichoScale Pro © in healthy dogs: a pilot study.

CONCLUSIONS: While it provides less useful data for canine hair coats than for human scalp hair, the system evaluated provides an easy, non-invasive, rapid means for assessing several important canine hair follicle parameters: daily hair growth rates, anagen and telogen percentages, primary and secondary hair percentages, and mean hair thickness. This diagnostic tool could serve to establish breed-specific hair coat standards, evaluating hair follicle changes in various canine alopecic conditions, and monitoring coat-promoting treatments in dogs. PMID: 31898370 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31898370?dopt=Abstract

Source: Veterinary Dermatology - January 1, 2020 Category: Veterinary Research Authors: Schuldenfrei MD, Pieper JB Tags: Vet Dermatol Source Type: research

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