Merino crossbreeding and objectionable sheep fibres: The problem and potential solution

Wool Technology and Sheep Breeding

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 650-656

  Fleet, Malcolm R ^a   Mahar, Trevor J ^b   Turk, Judy A ^c  

^a SOUTH AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b Australian Wool Testing Authority Ltd   (Australia)

^c Michell Australia Pty Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

Crossbreeding; Medullated fibre; Pigmented fibre; Wool contamination

Indexed keywords

OVIS ARIES;

BUYING; CLASSIFICATION; CONTAMINATION; DETECTOR; MERINO SHEEP; PIGMENT; STANDARD; WOOL FIBER; WOOL INDUSTRY;

EID: 0036935268     PISSN: 00437875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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