Coat fibres of Nigerian sheep and goats: A preliminary characterisation
Samples of fibre were taken from sheep (n = 45) and goats (n = 24) of the West African Dwarf (WAD) and northern breeds in Nigeria. Three types of coat were noted in sheep: fine woolled, double coated and predominantly hairy. Median fibre diameters were 14.9, 75.7 and 93.3 µm, respectively. Goats ten...
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Elsevier
1996
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/66792 |
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