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Merino sheep: a further look at quantitative trait loci for wool production

Animal, 2010
A quantitative trait loci (QTL) analysis of wool traits from experimental half-sib data of Merino sheep is presented. A total of 617 animals distributed in 10 families were genotyped for 36 microsatellite markers on four ovine chromosomes OAR1, OAR3 ...
D.L. Roldan, A.M. Dodero, F. Bidinost, H.R. Taddeo, D. Allain, M.A. Poli, J.M. Elsen   +6 more
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Genome-wide association studies detects candidate genes for wool traits by re-sequencing in Chinese fine-wool sheep

BMC Genomics, 2021
Background The quality and yield of wool determine the economic value of the fine-wool sheep. Therefore, discovering markers or genes relevant to wool traits is the cornerstone for the breeding of fine-wool sheep.
Hongchang Zhao, Tingting Guo, Zengkui Lu, Jianbin Liu, Shaohua Zhu, Guoyan Qiao, Mei Han, Chao Yuan, Tianxiang Wang, Fanwen Li, Yajun Zhang, Fujun Hou, Yaojing Yue, Bohui Yang   +13 more
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Effect of Rearing Systems on Growth Performance and Wool Characteristics of Rahmani Sheep Lambs [PDF]

Journal of Animal and Poultry Production, 2019
This study was conducted to evaluate the intensive and rural (non-intensive) rearing conditions effect on growing lambs’ performance and wool characteristics of Rahmany sheep.
F. H. Farrag, A. A. Gabr, Sara A. Saad
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Productivity assessment of sheep from the Karnobat Fine Fleece Breed by genealogical lines

Животновъдни науки, 2021
Subject of the study were 341 sheep from the Karnobat Fine Fleece breed, ownership of the Institute of Agriculture – Karnobat. The productivity of animals born between 2013 and 2017 was analyzed.
Margarit Iliev, Genoveva Staykova, Georgi Anev, Todor Tsonev   +3 more
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A review of sheep wool quality traits [PDF]

, 2012
The commercial value of unprocessed wool is determined by its intrinsic quality; an indication of capacity to meet both processor and consumer demands.
Malau-Aduli, AEO (15495266), Holman, B (15541322)   +1 more
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DIETARY SELENIUM CHANGES AND ITS RELATION WITH ADAPTABILITY IN SMALL RUMINANTS [PDF]

Journal of Animal and Poultry Production, 2009
The objective of this study was to determine the various dietary levels of selenium (Se) as sodium selenate (Na2 Se O4) and its relation with adaptability of sheep.
F. Younis
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Wool Scouring Tests in Utah

, 1941
Wool as it is shorn from the sheep, is known as grease wool. The first step in the manufacturing of wool is scouring, or removal of all grease and foreign matter.
Esplin, Alma C.
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Ovine KRTAP36-2: A new keratin-associated protein gene related to variation in wool yield

, 2023
Keratin-associated proteins (KAPs) are structural components of wool fibres. High-glycine/tyrosine (HGT)-KAPs are a subset of the KAP family, and their abundance in fibres varies.
Wenhao Li, Jonathan G. H. Hickford, Bai, L, Luo, Y, Zhou, Huitong, Shaobin Li, Wang, J, Yuzhu Luo, Li, W, Hickford, Jonathan, Huitong Zhou, Jiqing Wang, Li, S, Lingrong Bai   +13 more
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Studies on the Wool Yield of Sheep : III. On the Relation between the Wool Yield and the other Fleece Characters [PDF]

, 1966
In the present study 359 Corriedale sheep(male 25 and female 334) born in 1956 at the Iwate Stock Breeding Farm and the Takikawa Stock Breeding Farm were used as experimental animals, and their wool yields(raw wool yield, clean wool yield and clean yield
Kuramoto, Kazushige, Sugai, Kazuo
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Fleece Yield and Some Characteristics of Wool in Anatolian Merino Sheep

, 2022
In this study, greasy fleece yield and some wool characteristics and the effects of gender, age and live weight on these characteristics were investigated in 60 heads of Anatolian Merino sheep reared in Babayakup neighborhood of Polatlı District of ...
Sertkaya, Şerife, Öztürk, Ayhan
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