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Converting multi-trait breeding objectives into operative selection indexes to ensure genetic gains in low-input sheep and goat breeding programmes
Small ruminant breeding programmes in low-input production systems are best organised at the community level. Participant farmers have to agree on goal traits and their relative importance. When BLUP breeding values of ...
Evaluation of mohair quality in Angora goats from the Northern dry lands of Tajikistan
Mohair quality of Angora goats in the Sogd Province of Tajikistan was assessed in spring
and autumn 2007 and 2008 by inspecting and sampling a total of 797 goats of both sexes,
different ages and several coat colors from ...
Characterization of mohair and cashmere in regions of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan
tTo generate information on animal fiber quality traits in Central Asia, as a prelude to geneticimprovement, fiber samples of 495 cashmere goats from Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, and448 mohair goats from these two countries ...
Cashmere quality of Raeini goats kept by nomads in Iran
The income of the nomads in Kerman Province depends mainly on Raeini goats that produce meat, milk and cashmere. This paper assesses the cashmere quality and its variation in Raeini herds to determine the scope for ...
Establishment of a cashmere goat breeding scheme in Baft, Iran
The formation of these nucleus schemes is a useful "rehearsal“ for genetic improvement
programs, and an opportunity to train operators, consolidate breed or strain genotypes while achieving genetic progress.
Do Texas Angora bucks improve mohair weight and quality traits of Tajik Angora goats?
With the main objective of improving Tajik mohair quantity and quality, frozen semen from eight top
performance tested Texan Angora bucks was imported and used on 459 selected local goats from 11
farmers in two insemination ...
Observations on the efficiency of using different cashmere combs
tThe effect of using small or large cashmere combs on cashmere harvest, cashmere qualityand combing time was studied on Raeini cashmere goats in nomadic goat breeding systemsof the Iranian province of Kerman. Two groups ...
Lens Newsletter 12(1)
LENS Newsletter is produced twice a year at ICARDA in cooperation with the University of Saskatchewan, Canada, with the financial support of the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), Ottawa, Canada.
LENS, the ...
Improvement of cashmere from nomadic Raeini goat
Improvement of cashmere from nomadic Raeini goat explained.
Lens Newsletter 16(2)
LENS Newsletter is produced twice a year at ICARDA in cooperation with the University of Saskatchewan, Canada, with the financial support of the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), Ottawa, Canada.
LENS, the ...