Crossbreeding and selection for fibre traits in cashmere goats
The agricultural industry in the UK is under increasing pressure to diversify its forms of production. One of the potentially most viable options suited to hill and upland farms is the production of cashmere, the fine undercoat produced by down bearing goats. Currently no breed of cashmere goat exis...
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crcambridgeupr:10.1017/s0308229600023667 2024-03-03T08:45:45+00:00 Crossbreeding and selection for fibre traits in cashmere goats Bishop, S.C. Russel, A.J.F. 1993 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0308229600023667 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0308229600023667 en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Production (1972) volume 1993, page 37-37 ISSN 0308-2296 0308-2296 General Medicine journal-article 1993 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/s0308229600023667 2024-02-08T08:45:15Z The agricultural industry in the UK is under increasing pressure to diversify its forms of production. One of the potentially most viable options suited to hill and upland farms is the production of cashmere, the fine undercoat produced by down bearing goats. Currently no breed of cashmere goat exists in the U.K. which meets market requirements, however, i.e. large quantities of fine, white cashmere. This paper presents results from a crossbreeding trial with Scottish Feral goats and several exotic lines of cashmere goats, the first step in improving production, and it considers future selection plans for improving cashmere production traits. Cashmere fibre production was evaluated on Scottish Feral goats (F) and on goats imported from Iceland (I), Tasmania (T), New Zealand (N) and Siberia (S), and on two and three way crosses between the F and exotic lines. These goats are owned by a group of commercial farmers, along with the Macaulay Land Use Research Institute, forming a group known as Cashmere Breeders Limited. Article in Journal/Newspaper Iceland Siberia Cambridge University Press New Zealand Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Production (1972) 1993 37 37 |
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The agricultural industry in the UK is under increasing pressure to diversify its forms of production. One of the potentially most viable options suited to hill and upland farms is the production of cashmere, the fine undercoat produced by down bearing goats. Currently no breed of cashmere goat exists in the U.K. which meets market requirements, however, i.e. large quantities of fine, white cashmere. This paper presents results from a crossbreeding trial with Scottish Feral goats and several exotic lines of cashmere goats, the first step in improving production, and it considers future selection plans for improving cashmere production traits. Cashmere fibre production was evaluated on Scottish Feral goats (F) and on goats imported from Iceland (I), Tasmania (T), New Zealand (N) and Siberia (S), and on two and three way crosses between the F and exotic lines. These goats are owned by a group of commercial farmers, along with the Macaulay Land Use Research Institute, forming a group known as Cashmere Breeders Limited. |
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Crossbreeding and selection for fibre traits in cashmere goats |
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Crossbreeding and selection for fibre traits in cashmere goats |
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Crossbreeding and selection for fibre traits in cashmere goats |
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Crossbreeding and selection for fibre traits in cashmere goats |
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crossbreeding and selection for fibre traits in cashmere goats |
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