Phenotypic Correlation between Guard Hair and Down Hair in Chinese Alashan Left Banner White Cashmere Goat: A Preliminary Study-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Phenotypic Correlation between Guard Hair and Down Hair in Chinese Alashan Left Banner White Cashmere Goat: A Preliminary Study

Published:2023-04-10 Issue:8 Volume:13 Page:1295
ISSN:2076-2615
Container-title:Animals
language:en
Short-container-title:Animals

Author:

Pallotti Stefano¹,Pediconi Dario²,Valbonesi Alessandro¹,Renieri Carlo²,Haizhou Sun³,Junwen Zhou⁴,Antonini Marco⁵^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. School of Biosciences and Veterinary Medicine, University of Camerino, Via Gentile III Da Varano s/n, 62032 Camerino, Italy

2. School of Pharmacy, University of Camerino, Via Madonna delle Carceri, 9, 62032 Camerino, Italy

3. Inner Mongolia Academy of Agricultural and Animal Husbandry Sciences, Zhaoju Road No. 22, Yuquan District, Hohhot 010031, China

4. Alashan League Institute of Animal Husbandry Research, Erlute West Road, Bayanhaote, Bayanhaote 750399, China

5. Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Development Dpt. Casaccia, Via Anguillarese 301, 00123 Galeria, Italy

Abstract

In cashmere production studies, few trials have considered the guard hair features and their correlation with down fiber attributes. In this preliminary work, early observations on 158 one year old Chinese Alashan Left Banner White Cashmere goats were carried out. The aim was to describe the phenotypic correlation between the guard hair length and other fiber traits. The guard hair length was positively correlated with guard hair diameter and the down fiber length. Negative correlations were found between guard hair length and the coefficient of variation of guard hair diameter, between the guard hair diameter and its coefficient of variation, and between the down fiber diameter and the coefficient of variation of down fiber diameter. The body weight at first combing was not correlated with any of the other traits.

Publisher

MDPI AG

Subject

General Veterinary,Animal Science and Zoology

Link

https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/13/8/1295/pdf

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