Sources of variation affecting cashmere grown in the Pamir mountain districts of Tajikistan and implications for industry development

McGregor, B. A.; Kerven, Carol; Toigonbaev, S.

doi:10.1016/j.smallrumres.2011.01.018

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“…Confirming partially the results of a previous study (McGregor et al, 2011). Animals combed at one year old showed a better diameter (on average <1.11 m) and a major homogeneity (on average CV <4.71%) with respect to the animals combed at 3 and 4 years of age.…”

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confidence: 89%

“…Fineness is one of the most important characteristic for spinnability and value of textile products (Allain and Renieri, 2010;McGregor, 2006), together with homogeneity and length of cashmere fibres (Schneider, 2010). In animal fibre producers, the Diameter seems to be affected by both body areas and age (Antonini et al, 2004;Aylan-Parker and McGregor, 2002;McGregor et al, 2011;Tabbaa et al, 2001;Taddeo et al, 2000). Yet, breeders comb cashmere on the whole body of goats and cashmere from goats of different age is collected in the same bag, thus reducing the value of cashmere fibre.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Effects of year and sampling site on mean fibre diameter of Alashan cashmere goat

Antonini

Wang

Lou

et al. 2016

Small Ruminant Research

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Effects of year and sampling site on mean fibre diameter of Alashan cashmere goat

Antonini

Wang

Lou

et al. 2016

Small Ruminant Research

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“…A further 30% and 21% of the goat cashmere was between 18.51 to 20.0 and greater than 20.0 µm, respectively. Similarly in a study with goats in Murghab and Shugnan districts of Pamir region of Tajikistan, it was indicated that 57% of cashmere samples had a fibre diameter of 14.6 to 21 µm (McGregor et al, 2011). Our finding that older goats had coarser cashmere than yearling goats coincides with McGregor et al (2009) who also reported that younger goats of different regions of Osh and Naryn provinces of Kyrgyzstan and of Pamir mountain districts of Tajikistan had significantly lower MFD than older goats.…”

Section: Mean Fiber Diametersupporting

confidence: 85%

“…Breed effect was statistically significant for all traits of cashmere. A large breed effect had also been detected in other cashmere goats (McGregor &Butler, 2008a and2008b;McGregor et al, 2009;McGregor et al, 2011).…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 82%

Cashmere Quality of Iranian Goat Breeds

Ansari-Renani¹

2013

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This paper assesses the cashmere quality in different Iranian cashmere goat breeds to determine the scope for improvement of fiber quality. In April 2009 midside cashmere samples were taken from a total of 168 male and female cashmere goats of 1, 2, 3, and 4 yr of age. The goats were randomly chosen from Raeini, Birjandi, and Nadoushan breeds respectively from Kerman, South Khorasan, and Yazd provinces. Cashmere yield (CY) was determined from the percentage of weight of dehaired cashmere to weight of shorn fibre. Cashmere fiber diameter was analyzed using a projection microscope instrument. A general linear model including sex and age as fixed effects and breed as random effect was used to analyze the data and measure the relationships between different cashmere characteristics and fleece attributes. The overall means ± standard deviations were for cashmere yield (CY) 51.4%±1.5%, mean fiber diameter (MFD) 18.7±0.2 µm, coefficient of variation of fiber diameter (CVFD) 19.1%±0.3% and staple length (SL) 42.8±1.6 mm. One year old goats had finer cashmere than older goats. CVFD were higher in males and CY and SL were higher in young animals. Iranian cashmere goat breeds have an excellent SL but are relatively coarse. Given the differences between goats there seems to be substantial scope to improve the commercial value of cashmere

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“…There are great differences between cashmere and wool. Because of its softness, warmness, light weight and rareness, cashmere is a highly sought-after product in the world market (McCarthy 1998;Zhang and Jia 2009;McGregor et al 2011). Fraudulent substitution of more expensive cashmere with cheaper wool is one of the major problems in the textile industry for the tremendous demand and market price difference.…”

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confidence: 99%

Identification of goat cashmere and sheep wool by PCR-RFLP analysis of mitochondrial 12S rRNA gene

2012

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The efficacy of polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP) analysis of mitochondrial 12S rRNA gene in identification of goat cashmere and sheep wool samples was evaluated. The specific fragments of the mitochondrial 12S rRNA gene, which were about 440 bp, were obtained using the PCR. Restriction enzyme digestion of the PCR products with endonucleases BspT I and Hinf I revealed species-specific RFLP patterns. Application of this technique on mixed samples could identify goat cashmere and sheep wool from each other within the proportion of 8:1. The technique, however, could detect only one species when the proportion of mixture was more than 9:1. The PCR-RFLP technique was demonstrated to possess potential value in precise identification of goat cashmere and sheep wool.

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Sources of variation affecting cashmere grown in the Pamir mountain districts of Tajikistan and implications for industry development

Cited by 18 publications

References 13 publications

Effects of year and sampling site on mean fibre diameter of Alashan cashmere goat

Effects of year and sampling site on mean fibre diameter of Alashan cashmere goat

Cashmere Quality of Iranian Goat Breeds

Identification of goat cashmere and sheep wool by PCR-RFLP analysis of mitochondrial 12S rRNA gene

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