Agriculture, Vol. 31 No. 1, 2025.
Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.18047/poljo.31.1.7
The Influence of Breed and Body Region on the Wool Fibre Diameter
Boro Mioč
; University of Zagreb Faculty of Agriculture, Svetošimunska cesta 25, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Ana Džaja
; M SAN Eko d.o.o., Buzinski prilaz 10, 10010 Buzin, Croatia
Ivan Širić
orcid.org/0000-0003-0560-181X
; University of Zagreb Faculty of Agriculture, Svetošimunska cesta 25, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
*
Ante Kasap
; University of Zagreb Faculty of Agriculture, Svetošimunska cesta 25, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Zvonko Antunović
; Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Agrobiotechnical Sciences Osijek, Vladimira Preloga 1, 31 000 Osijek, Croatia
Valentino Držaić
; University of Zagreb Faculty of Agriculture, Svetošimunska cesta 25, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
* Corresponding author.
Abstract
To investigate the influence of a breed and body region on the wool fibre diameter, the wool samples were taken from the three body regions (shoulder, rib, and rump) of the three sheep breeds: the Merinolandschaf (ML – closed fleece), Pag sheep (PS – semi-open fleece), and the Travnik Pramenka sheep (TP – open fleece). A significant difference in fleece yield was determined between the breeds investigated (P < 0.001). The smallest fibre diameter was detected in the Merinolandschaf sheep breed (27.70 μm), a slightly larger in the Pag sheep (27.78 μm), while the largest was established in the Travnik Pramenka sheep (39.57 μm). The average fibre diameter of the Merinolandschaf sheep breed’s wool and of the Pag sheep breed’s wool was similar and significantly smaller than that of the Travnik Pramenka sheep breed’s wool (P < 0.001). The finest fibres came from the shoulder (ML, 25.13 μm; PS, 25.56 μm; TP, 37.14 μm) and then from the rib (ML, 27.83 μm; PS, 27.57 μm; TP, 39.76 μm), while the coarsest wool was found in the rump samples (ML, 30.13 μm; PS, 30.22 μm; TP, 41.83 μm) in the fleece of the investigated sheep breeds. The research determined a significant influence (P < 0.001) of a body region on a fibre diameter of the investigated breeds.
Keywords
breed; body region; w ool; fibre; diameter
Hrčak ID:
333124
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Publication date:
23.6.2025.
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