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The inheritance and control of isolated pigmented wool fibres in merino sheep [PDF]

, 1997
Researches the occurence and inheritance of isolated melanin pigmented wool fibres and macroscopic pigmentation in Merino sheep. The mode of inheritance of key indicators (pigmented leg fibres and pigmented birthcoat halo-hair) of isolated pigmented wool
Fleet, Malcolm Russell
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The implications to growers of moving to merino fine wool production in intensive production systems

, 1989
A review of both Australian and New Zealand literature was undertaken to identify the management factors requiring consideration when running Merino stock under intensive production systems. Emphasis was placed on determining: - the effects of varying
Smith, S. W.
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Trends in mulesing, tail docking and castration practices of Australian woolgrowers: Results of the 2021 AWI Merino Husbandry Practices Survey

Background Australian Wool Innovation Limited (AWI) commissioned this project to undertake a deep dive into the mulesing, tail docking and castration practices of Australian woolgrowers as reported by the AWI 2021 Merino Husbandry Practices Survey ...

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Physiological Consequences of Selecting Merino Sheep for Divergent Wool Production

, 2010
Over the last 40 years, studies of Merino genotypes developed using single-trait selections for superior wool production or liveweight have provided excellent information on the physiological bases for genetic differences in wool or meat production ...
Oddy, Hutton, Nolan, John, Li, Lily
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Performance of crossbreds of Polish Merino dams with F1 rams: Finnsheep x Polish Merino. B. Wool production of ewes

Agricultural and Food Science, 1988
The investigations were carried out on wool of 180 non-selected ewes with 25 % Finnsheep (F) genotype (F x PM x PM) and 51 purebred Polish Merino (PM) ewes as controls. The shearing took place at 23 months of age, after a year’s growth of fleece.
M. Osikowski, B. Borys, M. A. Osikowski
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Incorporating subjectively assessed sheep and wool traits into genetic evaluations for merino sheep. 2: Phenotypic and genetic correlations

, 2009
Using pedigree and performance records obtained from two Merino breeders, the phenotypic and genetic relationship between subjectively assessed sheep and wool traits and objectively measured wool traits was estimated.
Ball, Alex, Oppenheimer, M, Mortimer, R, Brown, Daniel   +3 more
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Contamination of firefighters' merino wool and mixed fibre sweater and hood undergarments with polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. [PDF]

Ann Work Expo Health
Rosting C, Notø HP, Ellingsen DG, Johansen TH, Olsen R.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The mechanism of m6A methylation analysis of the transcriptome to regulate the diameter of Alpine Merino wool fiber. [PDF]

Anim Biosci
Yue L, Guo T, Chen B, Liu J, Lu Z, Yuan C.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Is Merino wool disappearing in Portugal? Merino da Beira Baixa case

, 2002
In Portugal, we are facing a fast decrease in the production of good quality wool. This situation can be seen from a qualitative and quantitative point of view by looking at the most extreme situation, which involves almost the extinction of a Merino ...
Andrade, L.P., Rodrigues, J.P. Várzea, Serrano, J., Rodrigues, J.P.V.   +3 more
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Keratin protein nanofibers from merino wool yarn: a top-down approach for the disintegration of hierarchical wool architecture to extract α-keratin protein nanofibers. [PDF]

RSC Adv
Tissera ND, Wijesena RN, Ludowyke N, Priyadarshana G, Dahanayake D, de Silva RM, Nalin de Silva KM.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source