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Transactions of the Philological Society, EarlyView.Abstract Based on an analysis of the Old Literary Tibetan corpus—a corpus of the oldest documented Tibetic language—the present study provides evidence that literary Tibetan v3 verb stems (commonly termed ‘future’) initially encoded passive voice. New arguments put forward in this article range from Trans‐Himalayan nominal morphology to early Tibetan ...
Joanna Bialek
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Cuttings, Combings, Fettlings and Flock: Gender and Australian Wool ‘Waste’, 1900–1950
Gender &History, EarlyView.ABSTRACT As Australia's wool industry produced vast amounts of fine fleece from the nineteenth century, the wool processing and clothes manufacturing industries generated waste – products like cuttings, combings, fettlings and flock. Salvaged and then sold to waste merchants, these and other materials had a second life.
Lorinda Cramer
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Journal of animal physiology and animal nutritionWool traits determine the market value of fine‐wool sheep, and wool fibre‐breaking elongation (fibres can be stretched or elongated before they break) is one of the important wool traits.
Yali Song +8 more
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Study on the Speciality of Ethiopian Highland Hair Sheep Skin to Make Glove and Cabretta
, 2014 Ethiopian highland hair sheep skins have a wide importance mainly as a source of foreign exchange to the country from the leather industry. The consumption of these products is high for reasons of high quality to make glove, cabretta as well as for ...
Tsegaye, Rediate
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An Economic and Environmental Analysis of Virtual Fencing for Precision Grazing
Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The UK grazing livestock sector is challenged by declining farm profitability and stringent environmental policy. Innovative technologies such as virtual fencing could enable a balanced economic and environmental performance of beef production. Virtual fencing is a livestock management tool relying on invisible boundaries perceived as auditory,
Elias Maritan +4 more
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PLoS ONEThe development of secondary hair follicles influences the quality of sheep wool. However, the mechanism by which proteins mediate the fetal development of secondary hair follicles remains unknown.
Li-Xia Qiu +8 more
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Bioactive Element Biodistribution of Different Biological Substrates in Sheep and Goats
AnimalsThe production and reproduction of small ruminants, such as sheep and goats, living under extensive range-grazing conditions may be influenced by the availability of nutrients and the mineral content of forage. This study evaluated the biodistribution of
Vincenzo Nava +6 more
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CellsWool is produced and controlled by hair follicles (HFs). However, little is known about the mechanisms involved in HF development and regulation. Sheep dermal fibroblasts (SDFs) play a key role in the initial stage of HF development.
Junmin He +9 more
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Italian Journal of Animal Science, 2019 Pre-weaning is an important stage in sheep production systems focussed on meat production. In this stage, maternal ability has a key role in lamb development and productivity.
A. Chay-Canul +7 more
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Genetic diversity and relationships of hair sheep breeds of the Americas: First results
, 2014 The origin of the American hair sheep is diverse with likely early introductions from the Canary Islands, followed by introductions from the African and European continents. Using 14 microsatellite loci, we studied 3 American hair sheep (St.
Blackburn, H. +5 more
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