Asian Journal of Dairy and Food Research, volume 26 issue 3 & 4 (2007) : 187-189

PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF WOOL OF DIFFERENT BREEDS OF SHEEP

Devinder Kaur, O. P. Singh
1Department of Clothing & Textiles, College of Home Science, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana - 141 004, India
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Cite article:- Kaur Devinder, Singh P. O. (2024). PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF WOOL OF DIFFERENT BREEDS OF SHEEP. Asian Journal of Dairy and Food Research. 26(3): 187-189. doi: .
The studies on physical properties of wool of six breeds of sheep of Punjab, Jammu and Kashmir. Sixty wool samples, 10 from such of the six breeds were selected to study the physical properties of wool. The study revealed that Dorset (exotic) had maximum staple length followed by Rambuillet (exotic) had maximum staple length followed by Rambuillet (exotic), i.e. 6.03 cm and 5.74 cm respectively. The minimum staple length was in case of Kashmir Merino (cross bred), i.e. 4.94 cm. The other parameters, viz., fibre diameter, crimp, medullation percentage were also studied and the study revealed that Rambouillet (exotic) had the minimum fibre diameter, i.e. 17.63 whereas the maximum fibre diameter was in case of Kajli (local) i.e. 43.77. These studies showed a lot of improvement in all the physical properties of local breeds after cross breeding.


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