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- Title
Characterization of the organic wool of Lojeña sheep breed as a contribution to its conservation.
- Authors
Díaz, E.; Gonzaléz-Ariza, A.; Navas-González, F. J.; Aguilera, M.; López, B.; Iglesias, C.; León, J. M.; Delgado, J. V.; Camacho, M. E.; Arando, A.
- Abstract
Lojeña is considered an endangered Spanish local breed. To contribute to its conservation and valuation the aim of this work was the wool characterization of this breed. For this, 28 samples of wool, 16 of white and 12 of black color, randomly selected from the piles generated after shearing, were used. The wool parameters analyzed were: fiber diameter, standard deviation, and coefficient of variation of fiber diameter, comfort coefficient, percentage of fibers less than 15 µm, length staple, mean fiber curvature, and its standard deviation. For the analysis of the data, a Bayesian ANOVA was performed. The results showed a fiber diameter of 30.62 µm, which classifies it as thick wool. For the different colorations of the wool, only significant differences were observed for the coefficient of variation of the diameter of the fiber and length staple, showing a greater coefficient of variation the black wool (28.48 ± 5.56 % vs. 23.90 ± 4.22 %, respectively), while the white wools showed a greater length staple (51.88 vs. 39.58 mm, respectively). In conclusion, the characteristics of the wool of the Lojeña breed make it suitable for the manufacture of upholstery, carpets, and the craft industry, but not for the manufacture of clothing. The fact that there is a high percentage of black wool specimens, provides an interesting source for a growing niche market that uses unstained pigmented wool as a differential and organic feature.
- Subjects
SHEEP breeding; SHEEP breeds; WOOL; MERINO sheep; CLOTHING industry; STANDARD deviations; HANDICRAFT industries
- Publication
Archivos de Zootecnia, 2022, Vol 71, Issue 275, p158
- ISSN
0004-0592
- Publication type
Article