Changes in fleece characteristics of yearling Chinese Alashan Left Banner White Cashmere goat

Pallotti, Stefano; Valbonesi, Alessandro; Lou, Yujie; Peirong, Tang; Sarti, Francesca Maria; Mancinelli, Alice Cartoni; Antonini, Marco

doi:10.1016/j.smallrumres.2019.10.015

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“…On the other side the cashmere produced by the females was more homogeneous due to its lower CVDFD (−1.29). Higher performance by males in terms of cashmere fineness has been already reported by previous studies on ALBWCG [ 13 ].…”

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“…The Inner Mongolian cashmere is famous worldwide for its fineness, in particular, the fiber produced by the Alashan Left Banner White Cashmere goats (ALBWCG), is known to be the finest Chinese cashmere [ 10 , 11 ]. Above all, the most precious fiber produced by the ALBWCG, known as “Baby Cashmere”, is harvested from the kids only once, at 5–6 months of age, to collect small batches of about 30 g of fiber 1 μm finer than regular cashmere [ 12 , 13 ].…”

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“…In cashmere production, most studies have focused on the main down fiber commercial attributes [ 14 , 15 , 16 ]. Currently, relatively little information has been produced on the cashmere guard hair features and the majority of these studies did not explore the correlation between the guard hair and other quality attributes of commercial cashmere [ 12 , 13 , 17 , 18 , 19 , 20 , 21 , 22 ]. The lack of interest in the study of the guard hair is mainly attributable to it being a low-value product, and the cost and time involved in measuring the guard hair diameter.…”

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Phenotypic Correlation between Guard Hair and Down Hair in Chinese Alashan Left Banner White Cashmere Goat: A Preliminary Study

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In cashmere production studies, few trials have considered the guard hair features and their correlation with down fiber attributes. In this preliminary work, early observations on 158 one year old Chinese Alashan Left Banner White Cashmere goats were carried out. The aim was to describe the phenotypic correlation between the guard hair length and other fiber traits. The guard hair length was positively correlated with guard hair diameter and the down fiber length. Negative correlations were found between guard hair length and the coefficient of variation of guard hair diameter, between the guard hair diameter and its coefficient of variation, and between the down fiber diameter and the coefficient of variation of down fiber diameter. The body weight at first combing was not correlated with any of the other traits.

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Phenotypic Correlation between Guard Hair and Down Hair in Chinese Alashan Left Banner White Cashmere Goat: A Preliminary Study

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“…On the contrary, another study by Pallotti et al 32 measured the effect of age on the length of hair and cashmere, and cashmere diameter in Chinese Alashan Left-Banner White-Cashmere goat, and they reported that all of the above parameters were significantly influenced by the age, but in the current study, the experimental goats from different three breeds were randomly selected to be of the same age (32.50 ± 01.25 months) to measure the effectiveness of the breed (genotype).…”

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Assessment of hair and cashmere properties and their genetic background of several goat breeds in Southwest China

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et al. 2022

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The aim of this study was to determine the properties and quality characteristics of hair and cashmere fibres of three goat breeds raised in Southwest China, namely; Dazu black goat (DBG, n = 203; ♂99, ♀104), Inner Mongolia cashmere goat (IMCG, n = 65; 21♂, 44♀) and their first cross (F1, n = 79; 39♂, 40♀). Totals of 5219, 2130 and 2981 fibre samples, from the three breeds respectively, were taken prior to shearing at 32.5 ± 01.25 months of age from four body sites; shoulder, side-portion, abdomen and leg. Breed effect was significant (P < 0.01) for most hair and cashmere properties. IMCG and F1 hair lengths were longer (P < 0.001) with less variable lengths than DBG. Shoulder hair diameters of the three breeds were not different (P > 0.05) but biggest of the side-portion and abdomen sites of DBG were bigger (P > 0.01), however, the biggest (P < 0.001) hair diameter was recorded for the leg site of F1 and the smallest (P > 0.01) for IMCG. IMCG recorded the longest value for cashmere lengths followed by DBG, while F1 recorded the lowest (P = 0.001), whilst F1 recorded the biggest (P = 0.001) diameter whereas no differences existed between parents' breeds. The cortical cell lengths of IMCG and DBG were 94.57 and 86.85 μm without significant difference detected between breeds. Differences between hair length and diameter for body sites of the studied goat breeds were significant (P < 0.01) but between whiteness, cashmere diameter and diameter of cortical cells were not. Sex had no significant effect on all hair/cashmere properties. Quality characteristics of cashmere fibres from IMCG and F1 were better (P < 0.001) than from DBG. Leg hair diameter, curl recovery rate and cashmere diameter were superior in the crossbred F1 compared to pure breed parents, and DBG was superior to IMCG for fibre elasticity and intensity traits. FGF-5 gene was detected as a candidate gene for hair and cashmere traits in IMCG breed. Whilst, KIT gene was found to be associated with coat colour in the studied breeds. Extra investigations to examine more cashmere goat breeds and crosses are needed to discover genetic variability in cashmere production locally and worldwide.

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Postnatal development of the skin follicle population in the chinese alashan left banner white cashmere goat

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Valbonesi

Lou

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Small Ruminant Research

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Changes in fleece characteristics of yearling Chinese Alashan Left Banner White Cashmere goat

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Phenotypic Correlation between Guard Hair and Down Hair in Chinese Alashan Left Banner White Cashmere Goat: A Preliminary Study

Phenotypic Correlation between Guard Hair and Down Hair in Chinese Alashan Left Banner White Cashmere Goat: A Preliminary Study

Assessment of hair and cashmere properties and their genetic background of several goat breeds in Southwest China

Postnatal development of the skin follicle population in the chinese alashan left banner white cashmere goat

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