TABLE 1.

Effect of administration of melatonin to cashmere goats in one cashmere growth cycle on primary and secondary hair follicle numbers.

Month	Control group		S:P	Implanted group		S:P
	PFD (n/mm2)	SFD (n/mm2)		PFD (n/mm2)	SFD (n/mm2)
January	3.37 ± 0.34	37.51 ± 1.24	11.27 ± 1.55	4.30 ± 0.16	40.42 ± 2.23	9.43 ± 0.87
February	3.83 ± 0.49	40.49 ± 2.33	10.84 ± 2.20	4.36 ± 0.10	37.96 ± 2.00	8.71 ± 0.65
March	3.88 ± 0.40	43.92 ± 1.89	11.49 ± 1.80	4.20 ± 0.53	43.02 ± 2.28	10.49 ± 1.96
April	4.06 ± 0.40	30.64 ± 2.32	7.67 ± 1.40	4.35 ± 0.51	31.96 ± 2.23	7.52 ± 1.52
May	4.46 ± 0.43	36.71 ± 2.64	8.37a ± 1.51	4.58 ± 0.43	56.83 ± 1.07	12.54b ± 1.46
June	4.46 ± 0.23	37.71 ± 1.55	8.49a ± 0.75	4.10 ± 0.50	54.71 ± 3.77	13.56b ± 2.03
July	4.75 ± 0.43	50.04 ± 3.15	10.69 ± 1.74	4.81 ± 0.53	50.00 ± 2.20	10.59 ± 1.76
August	5.06 ± 0.42	55.07 ± 2.00	10.98 ± 1.37	5.18 ± 0.42	54.70 ± 1.17	10.64 ± 1.13
September	2.84 ± 0.42	41.68 ± 1.00	15.07 ± 2.90	3.28 ± 0.36	49.35 ± 0.14	15.26 ± 1.81
October	3.40 ± 0.42	49.32 ± 2.87	14.83 ± 2.91	3.57 ± 0.44	48.45 ± 0.54	13.77 ± 1.70
November	3.13 ± 0.44	43.60 ± 0.27	14.22 ± 2.18	3.25 ± 0.32	44.00 ± 0.56	13.71 ± 1.57
December	4.04 ± 0.34	50.58 ± 2.68	12.67 ± 1.83	4.37 ± 0.46	51.62 ± 1.87	11.99 ± 1.81

PFD, primary follicle density; SFD, secondary follicle density; S:P, ratio of secondary to primary follicles. The same letter represents no significant difference, while different letters represent significant difference in the table.