Seasonal variation in fibre diameter and length in wool of grazing Merino sheep with low or high staple strength

Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 507-517

  Schlink, A C ^a   Mata, G ^a   Lea, J M ^a,b   Ritchie, A J M ^c  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC   (Fiji)

^c Agric W Australia CRC Premium Q   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fibre length; Seasonality; Weight change

Indexed keywords

FIBER DIAMETER; FIBER LENGTH; MERINO WOOL; STAPLE FIBER;

EID: 0032730288     PISSN: 08161089     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/EA98131     Document Type: Article

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