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The effect of genotype on fibre production in cashmere goats

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 November 2017

M Gallagher  and
A Waterhouse
M Gallagher
Affiliation:
SAC Grassland and Ruminant Science Dept, Scottish Metropolitan Alpha Centre, Stirling University Innovation Park, Stirling, FK9 4NF
A Waterhouse
Affiliation:
SAC Grassland and Ruminant Science Dept, Scottish Metropolitan Alpha Centre, Stirling University Innovation Park, Stirling, FK9 4NF
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Commercial cashmere production in the UK is at an embryonic stage. Native feral goats (F) have been crossed with imported stock from Iceland (I), Australasia (A) and Siberia (S) to improve fibre production. At present there is little published data on the amounts and quality of fibre produced from these genotypes and their crosses.

The objective of this study was to establish the extent of the variation in fibre production characteristics, namely fleece weight, yield and down production between the above genotypes and also to estimate the likely improvements made from crossing these pure bred genotypes.

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Goats
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Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Production (1972) , Volume 1992 , March 1992 , pp. 90
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Copyright © The British Society of Animal Production 1992

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