HISTOSTRUCTURE MUSCLE TYPE SHEEP PRIKATUNSKOGO GORNOALTAYSKOY BREED
Complex of histological and histochemical methods studied histostructure longissimus dorsi at the bright prikatunskogo gornoaltayskoy type of breed. We studied sheep identified three types of muscle fibers: red, glycogen-rich, white, poor glycogen, and intermediate. The average diameter of muscle fibers increases slightly for the age period studied. Connective tissue is represented by collagen fibers and elastic fibers, between which there are perimizii layer of adipose tissue, and in the endomysium - small groups of fat cells fused. All this leads to a high quality of meat obtained from ewes of this age.