A technique for the rapid measurement of fibre shedding in wool staples

Wool Technology and Sheep Breeding

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 210-218

  Peterson, Andrew D ^a   Gherardi, S G ^a  

^a University of Melbourne   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fibre shedding; OFDA; Staple Strength

Indexed keywords

FIBRE PROPERTIES; TESTING, SHEDDING; WOOL FIBRES;

EID: 0030467552     PISSN: 00437875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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