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THE EFFECT OF FASCIOLOSIS ON THE WOOL PRODUCTION OF MERINO SHEEP
Australian Veterinary Journal, 1970SummaryThe wool production of 20 Merino sheep, artificially infected with Fasciola hepatica, was compared with that of 20 uninfected controls. Sheep of two different ages, 6 months and 4 years, were fed in pens ad lib on two different diets giving high and low planes of nutrition.The midside tatooed patch technique was used to measure the wool ...
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Factors affecting Merino wool contamination in crossbreeding
Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture, 2002Fleeces of Merino ewes were tested to identify whether contaminant sheep fibres increased from Damara-ram mating alone, whether extent of colouration of the crossbred lamb coat, day of birth and number of lambs being reared affect transfer to the maternal fleece, and whether increased fleece bulk or shearing the ewes 3.5 months post-weaning ...
W. K. Fulwood +3 more
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Some wool follicle and crimp parameters in fine-wool Tasmanian merinos
Australian Journal of Agricultural Research, 1969Samples of wool and skin taken from the same animals were observed in finewool Tasmanian Merinos. It was found that highly crimped wool is produced by small follicles, follicle size being measured by the length of the chord or of the arc. It was also found that in animals on a high level of nutrition, high wool growth rate is ...
T Nay, PA Williams
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Surface Topography of Blank-Dyed Merino Wool
Textile Research Journal, 1981Merino wool was blank-dyed in citric acid-phosphate buffer at pH 2.0, 4.5, and 8.0, at the boil, for periods of up to five hours. The treatment dissolved significant quantities of protein material from the wool and altered the fiber cuticle surface. Scanning electron microscope studies showed that modification of the cuticle cell surface occurred at ...
Mary E. Campbell, Hanno Baumann
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The Sustainable Colouration of Merino Wool Yarns with Herbs
Journal of Textile Engineering and Fashion Technology, 2021The Textile industry is the second largest polluter in the world. The European green deal has placed the textile industry at the top priority for establishing sustainability standards for the global benefit to the environment and human health alike.
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Characteristics of the Protein Contaminant Layer on Merino Wool
Textile Research Journal, 1984Some characteristics of the protein contaminant layer (PCL) extracted from a typical Australian Merino wool have been studied. The PCL was separated into water-extractable and particulate fractions, the overall yield being 4.1 %, of which 45% was soluble in water.
C.A. Anderson, J.R. Christoe
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Reduction in wool follicles prior to birth in Merino sheep
Reproduction, Fertility and Development, 2000This study was undertaken to identify whether all secondary follicles that are initiated are present at birth in the Merino fetus, and if not, when does net initiation of secondary follicles cease. Skin was sampled from fetal lambs at 36, 26 and 16 days before the estimated date of parturition and from lambs at birth and 2, 4, 6, 8 and 13 weeks after ...
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Is merino wool disappearing in Portugal: Merino Beira Baixa case
2002In 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 breed - Merino Beira Baixa (MBB)- due to its inability to produce high milk quantities when subjected to
Rodrigues, J.P. Várzea +2 more
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Valuing quality attributes of Australian merino wool
2014We measure the relationship between clean prices of individual lots of wool sold at auction and a range of characteristics of the raw wool. Based on the data for 111,440 fleece lots sold in the 2008–2009 auction season, five hedonic models are estimated to determine the premiums and discounts associated with each wool characteristic in five micron ...
Nolan, Elizabeth +9 more
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Methods of Studying Cortical Differentiation in Merino Wool
Textile Research Journal, 1963Accurate measurement of the relative areas of ortho- and paracortex segments in wool depends upon a suitable embedding technique which will allow proper cross-sectioning of dyed or undyed fibers and upon a dyeing procedure which will give optimum differentiation. A method of embedding is described in which fiber bundles are mounted in a gelatin capsule
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