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The fleece of the Scottish Blackface sheep III. The relative importance of the fleece components

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2009

J. M. Doney
J. M. Doney
Affiliation:
Hill Farming Research Organization, Edinburgh
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The relative importance of variation in the components of wool production to variation in wool production itself was estimated by two methods of analysis. About 30% of the attributable variation in total fleece weight was found to be due to variation in surface area and 70% was due to wool production per unit skin area. Between 50 and 60% of the variation amongst sheep in the latter character was found to be due to variation in fibre weight, the rest being attributed to variation in number of fibres per unit area (fibre density). The variation in mean fibre weight was further partitioned into 50 to 70% due to variation in mean cross-sectional area and the remainder to variation in mean fibre length.

Variation in wool production per unit skin area was also analysed according to growth period and position on the body. The results are discussed in relation to the partition of variance in wool production of other breeds.

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Research Article
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The Journal of Agricultural Science , Volume 61 , Issue 1 , August 1963 , pp. 45 - 53
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1963

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