Characteristics of Barbary Sheep Wool as Influeced by Some Factor

• Ahmed Rafiq Binamer

  Animal Production Department. Faculty of Agriculture - Omar Al-Mukhtar University Al-Bayda p. B. 919 - Libya

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• Adib Dawud Sulayman Kharufuh

  Animal Health and Welfare Branch, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Mosul, Mosul, Iraq

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Forty Barbary ewes and ten rams were used in this study. Their average weight was 46.0 and 57.3 respectively. wool samples were taken after 60, 90 and 120 days after the first and second shearings and greasy fleece weight were measured. The shoulder , side and rumb areas were sampled in half these animals. Fiber length and diameter were measured for all these areas. The average greasy wool weight was 43.07 +0.05 Kg. and 4.09 + 0.07 Kg. in the first shearing and 3.60 + 0.03 and 3.83 + 0.07 Kg. in the second shearing for ewes and rams respectively. Mean fiber length was 11.82 +0.17 and 16.15 0.15 cm in the first shearing and 14.04 +0.10 and 15.90 + 0.07 cm in the second shearing for ewes and rams respectively. Fiber length and diametere measured from different parts of the boody were not significantly different and their means were 13.2 + 0.29 cm and 32.3 +0.36 micron respectively.

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