Abstract
Abstract
Ethiopia has indigenous breeds of sheep such as Washera, Menz, Farta and Tikur. Small scale enterprises are using the wool fibers from these breeds to produce local products such as rugs, socks, sweaters, quilts, mattresses. This study investigates four Ethiopian sheep breeds wool fiber yield and moisture regain properties. 400 total sheep, 50 males and 50 female sheep were included in the study. The results revealed that the average wool fiber yield according to IWTO CWC standard of male sheep for Washera, Menz, Farta and Tikur were 89.29%, 88.29%, 73.33%, 81.74% and for female sheep were 88.75%, 81.91%, 73.23%, 80.80% respectively. The selected Ethiopian wool fiber yield showed higher as compared to some countries sheep breeds. The study also revealed that the raw wool fiber moisture regains values for male sheep of Washera, Menz, Farta and Tikur were 10.67%, 16.91%, 11.11%, 10.71% and for female sheep were 11.92% 15.91%, 11.83%, 9.22% respectively. This shows that the Ethiopian wool fiber having good fiber yield and moisture regain can be used as a source of manufacturing different wool products.
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Research Square Platform LLC
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