The Relationships Between Colourfullness and Physical Properties of Down and Coarse Fibres Obtained From Goats Raised in Turkey

Authors

FERYAL SÖYLEMEZOĞLU
ZEYNEP ERDOĞAN
GÜRSEL DELLAL
ALİ MURAT TATAR

DOI

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Abstract

In this research, the colourfullness and the relationships between colourfullness and physical characteristics in the coarse and down fibres obtained from hair goats raised in the provinces of Antalya, Artvin, Diyarbakır, İzmir, Kars and Konya in Turkey were studied. It was found that the most common colours were black (69%), white (9%) and milky brown (37%), and brown (15%) and white (14%), respectively in the coarse and down fibres for the provinces overall. The difference in fineness between the white and cream colour groups was significant (p

Keywords

Hair goats, coarse and down fibres, colourfullness, physical characteristics

First Page

1395

Last Page

1400

Recommended Citation

SÖYLEMEZOĞLU, FERYAL; ERDOĞAN, ZEYNEP; DELLAL, GÜRSEL; and TATAR, ALİ MURAT (2002) "The Relationships Between Colourfullness and Physical Properties of Down and Coarse Fibres Obtained From Goats Raised in Turkey," Turkish Journal of Veterinary & Animal Sciences: Vol. 26: No. 6, Article 29. Available at: https://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/veterinary/vol26/iss6/29