@conference {40345,
	title = {Effects of two methods of fibre removal on the cold resistance of cashmere goats},
	booktitle = {Proceedings of the New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	volume = {51},
	year = {1991},
	month = {Jan},
	pages = {379-382},
	publisher = {New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	organization = {New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	abstract = {Two hundred and six mixed age Angora x Feral (G4) does with a  mean fibre diameter of 20.4 microns were randomly mated to three bucks  with mean fibre diameter of 18.8 microns (Group 1) and three bucks with  mean fibre diameter of 22.2 microns (Group 2) in June 1987. The progeny  were shorn at 10 months (August 1988), 16 months (March 1989) and 22  months (August 1989) of age. The fleeces were measured for fleece  weight, mean fibre diameter, yield by weight of down, and colour. Down  weight was then calculated. The fibre was visually classed according to  Mohair-Cashmere Warehouse fibre lines and an economic value put on the  fibre.   Group 1 progeny were heavier and had finer fleeces and lower down  weights than group 2 progeny at all three shearing date. Group fleeces  were 0.6, 0.9 and 1.0 micron finer and 71, 86 and 109 grams lighter than  Group 2 at the three shearing dates respectively. Fibre diameter  increased during the experiment to a greater extent in Group 2 (3.8},
	issn = {1176-5283},
	author = {Muller S and Holmes CW and Litherland AJ}
}
