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PLoS ONE, 2019 Hormonal assessment tools are important for determining the reproductive success of production animals. This study used non-invasive wool assessment to quantify changes in progesterone and cortisol levels in reproducing female merino sheep.
Gregory Sawyer +2 more
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Polymorphisms and association of FAT1 gene with wool quality traits in Chinese Merino sheep
Czech Journal of Animal Science, 2020 FAT atypical cadherin 1 (FAT1) is a member of the atypical cadherin superfamily and is involved in the planar cell polarity signalling pathway which regulates hair follicle morphogenesis, cycling, and orientation.
Guang-Wei Ma +10 more
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TRENDS ESTIMATION IN ANNUAL NUMBERS OF MERINO SHEEP AND WOOL PRODUCTION IN SOUTH AFRICA, FROM 1980 TO 2017 [PDF]
, 2022 The economic important value of wool in South Africa is influenced by many characteristics that meet processor capacities and consumersâ preference. The study was conducted to characterize the trends of annual Merino sheep numbers, wool sales and wool ...
Bila, L., Khetsha, Z.P., Tyasi, T.L.
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Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Tackling sustainability challenges requires coordinated actions across diverse stakeholders. Sustainability‐oriented innovation thus demands networked business models for sustainability (NBMfS), where focal companies and stakeholders co‐create value through interdependent but coordinated roles.
Giovanna Attanasio, Cinzia Battistella
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Animals, 2020 The high concentration of secondary branched wool follicles is a distinctive feature of the Merino sheep. At present, the molecular control of the development and branching of secondary wool follicles (SF) remains elusive.
Xuefeng Lv +11 more
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Veterinary Record, EarlyView.Abstract Background Laparoscopic intrauterine artificial insemination (Lap‐AI) is used in sheep genetic improvement programmes. However, the lambing rate (LR) (i.e., the proportion of inseminated ewes that lamb) following Lap‐AI is variable. Previously, one small UK study investigated factors associated with LR, but it did not adjust for dependencies ...
Mike J. Glover +2 more
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Merino Becomes Noble: A study of nanogold, wool and nanogold–wool composites [PDF]
, 2021 <p>Our research group, led by Professor J. H. Johnston, has developed a novel approach for dyeing merino wool with nanogold [gold nanoparticles (AuNPs)] by coupling the chemistry of gold with that of wool fibres. This utilises the plasmonic properties of nanogold to create attractive fabric colours ranging from pink to purple to grey.
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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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Frontiers in Animal ScienceWool quality plays a role in determining the economic value of sheep breeds, amid the growing global demand for natural and sustainable material. This quality depends on both genetic and non-genetic factors, complicating breed evaluation.
Rossana Topputi +12 more
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Frontiers in Genetics, 2019 Merino sheep represents a valuable genetic resource worldwide. In this study, we investigated selection signatures in Merino (and Merino-derived) sheep breeds using genome-wide SNP data and two different approaches: a classical FST-outlier method and an ...
Sami Megdiche +5 more
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