Cashmere goat
Goat bred for its fine, soft winter undercoat.
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Goats that produce cashmere wool in commercially viable amounts are called cashmere goats, with the wool being their soft, fine winter undercoat.[1] As daylight hours decrease, this undercoat develops, and a coarse outer coat of guard hair remains throughout the year.[1] Secondary follicles generate the down, whereas primary follicles produce the guard hair.[1]
Quick Facts
- Field
- Fiber goat
- Known for
- Production of cashmere wool (fine undercoat)
- Origin
- Himalayan region of Kashmir
Facts from the source article.
Biology and range
The Zalaa Jinst White goat is found in the southwest region of the Gobi Desert.[2] The Zhongwei goat originated in the semidesert and desert area around Zhongwei in Ningxia and Gansu Provinces in China.[3] In Gansu Province, China, the Hexi Cashmere breed has been raised for an extended period in desert and semidesert areas.[3] The Inner Mongolia cashmere goat is well-suited to desert and semidesert grazing lands.[3]
From Shanxi Province, China, comes the Licheng Daqing goat, a breed used for both meat and fiber.[4]
What the specialist sources record
The average cashmere production for Zalaa Jinst White males is 380 grams; adult females produce 290 grams with fibers averaging 16.0-16.5 microns in diameter.[5] The initial breeding stock for the Australian Cashmere Goat came from feral bush goats in northern and western Australia during the late 1970s.[6] The top-performing Australian herds yield an average of 250 grams of cashmere with a fiber diameter of 15 μm.[7] The Inner Mongolia cashmere goat yields an average of about 240 grams of down, with a diameter ranging from 14.3 to 15.8 μm.[3]
References
- Wikipedia, "Cashmere goat" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Australian Goat Notes", Australian Cashmere Growers Association (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Cashmere goat" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Goat cashmere Mongolian Wool & Cashmere Association" (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Cashmere goat" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "VI International Conference On Goats 6-11 May 1996 Beijing, China", International Academic Publishers, 1994 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Cashmere goat" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Untitled Prezi", prezi.com; "VI International Conference On Goats 6-11 May 1996 Beijing, China", International Academic Publishers, 1994 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Cashmere goat" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Zalaa Jinst white strain (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Cashmere goat" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Pattie, "The inheritance of cashmere in Australian goats. 2. genetic parameters and breeding values.", Livestock Production Science, 1989, p. 251–161 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Cashmere goat" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "ACGA Australian Cashmere Breed and Fleece Standard", Australian Cashmere Growers Association; "Cashmere Group Sire Reference Scheme", University of Western Australia (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
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- Wikipedia: Cashmere goat (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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