DESCRIPTIVE ANALYSIS OF SELECTED HAIR AND PELTPARAMETERS OF GREENLAND NUTRIA

• Main Authors: ROBERT GŁOGOWSKI, MAŁGORZATA MAJEWSKA
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Львовский национальный университет ветеринарной медицины и биотехнологий имени С.З. Гжицкого 2009
• Subjects: NUTRIA,FUR COAT,PELT,HAIR PARAMETERS; Greenland
• Online Access: http://cyberleninka.ru/article/n/descriptive-analysis-of-selected-hair-and-peltparameters-of-greenland-nutria; http://cyberleninka.ru/article_covers/16854687.png

AbstractNutria pelt is a valued product, which can be gained with relative low costs of nutrition and housing. Their fur coat consists of dense delicate, dense underfur and long glossy guard hair. 12 nutria skins were examined for raw/tanned pelt and hair parameters in three age groups (13, 9 and 6 months). Materials from spring and autumn pelting were evaluated by precise detailed laboratory analysis. Samples were collected from ventral, dorsal and rear skin. Fur coat fibers of both layers were measured and counted in lanameter.Pelt size and weight was higher in older animals.Longest guard hair were on the dorsal samples, in spring approx. 7cm and in autumn approx. 8cm. Older nutrias had thicker guard hair and underfur in autumn. In spring samples younger nutria had thicker guard hair.