[Skin regeneration in several species of mammals].

The healing of full-thickness wounds (1.2 cm2) was studied in minks and sables. The wound closure in both animal species resulted mainly from the contraction of the wound. A small regenerate containing hair and sebaceous glands was formed in the centre of the wound. It is supposed that these hairs developed from the old hair roots transfered with the lower layers of the corium adjoining the wound.