| Study on Effect of follicles characteristics on cashmere Traits of Raeini Young Male Goats |
| Paper ID : 1019-WDG2017 |
| Authors |
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seyed mojtaba seyed momen *1, mohammad vali tokasi2 1Research center for Agricultural Educational and natural resources - Sadoghi street - Neear Bahonar Park Iran-Kerman 2کرمان- خ شهید صدوقی(جاده تهران)- مرکز تحقیقات، آموزش کشاورزی و منابع طبیعی استان کرمان |
| Abstract |
| The experiment aimed to evaluate follicular parameters: і) follicles density (FD), ї) ratio of secondary to primary follicles (S/P), ііі) percentage of inactive follicles and secondary follicle number index (SFNI) and their effects on cashmere traits of Raeini young male goats between 18 and 24 months of age. Skin biopsies were taken from the right side for male goats just in 18 and 24 months respectively. Fibre staples (Patches) were clipped from approximately defined 100cm2 areas with traditional scissors called Docard from the right mid- side of each male goat. For determination of relationship between cashmere and follicle characteristics, 32 young male goats used, were ranked on initial follicle measurements (1= High, 2= Moderate, 3=Low and 4= Weak), having eight goats within each group. The trial was conducted in Bardsir research station, situated at south west Kerman province, at altitude of 1700 m above the sea level. The results from young male goats indicated that mean values of S/P ratio for four groups of young male goats ranged from a minimum of 12.3(Low) to a maximum of 13.41 (High) with the mean secondary follicle densities of 31.45 to 36.67(mm2/skin). S/P ratios between male goats differed significantly at 18 months (P<0.5) but these differences not observed at 24 months and throughout period (P>0.5). Therefore, the result from study was concluded that the first group of young male goats had higher S/P ratio and SFD than those of the other groups, produced more cashmere values but shorter, finer cashmere. |
| Keywords |
| Raeini, Male, Goats, Cashmere, Follicles |
| Status: Abstract Accepted (Poster Presentation) |