Table 2 Camel hair width of the shaft, medulla, cortex, cuticle, and scales measurements at the three different ages by SEM (mean ± standard error and p-value)

Diameter of the hair shaft (width) (µm)

108.74 ± 4.32^b

150.88 ± 3.53^a

56.95 ± 5.22^c

0.0341

Highest scale (µm)

11.04 ± 0.30^a

8.03 ± 0.95^b

7.15 ± 0.46^c

0.0401

Width of the scale (µm)

16.43 ± 1.29 ^b

26.22 ± 3.3^a

26.71 ± 2.34 ^a

0.0332

Cuticle thickness (µm)

2.60 ± 0.13^a

2.10 ± 0.15^b

1.50 ± 0.14^c

0.0153

Cortex thickness (µm)

59.81 ± 1.85^a

33.67 ± 0.94^b

4.02 ± 0.147^c

0.0400

Medulla thickness (µm)

36.53 ± 2.02^c

66.5 ± 2.3^a

43.06 ± 3.4^b

0.0357

Medulla index %

0.33 ± 0.02^c

0.44 ± 0.03^b

0.77 ± 0.05^a

0.0432