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31: 309:. The development of the breed started in 1980. By 1994, the breed had 372 nucleus herds and 681 selection herds. The bucks have thick, long horns and 85% of the does are horned. Ninety eight percent of the herd is white. The developers of the breed claim the lustre of the fleece is better than the Liaoning goat. The average production of a Wuzhumuqin adult does in 1994 was 285 g at 15.6 μm diameter; the average down length was 46 mm. 350: 111: 167:. They are raised for cashmere production and used as pack animals. The breed is most often white, but black, gray and brown animals also occur. They have large, twisting horns. This bloodline produces the finest Cashmere with an average diameter between 12-13 μm and average fiber length between 55-60mm. It is very rare and constitutes less than 0.1% of global cashmere production. 50:, the goat's fine, soft, downy, winter undercoat, in commercial quality and quantity. This undercoat grows as the days get shorter and is associated with an outer coat of coarse hair, which is present all the year and is called guard hair. Most common goat breeds, including dairy goats, grow this two-coated fleece. 321:
is the only entirely white breed of cashmere goat in Mongolia recognized by the Mongolian Wool & Cashmere Association, found in the southwest region of the Gobi Desert, where it has adapted well to Gobi desert nomadic herding. The average cashmere production for males is 380 grams; adult female
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cashmere goat is a local dual-purpose breed with a long history. It adapts well to desert and semidesert pastures. The goats can be divided into five strains, Alasan (Alashanzuoqi), Arbus, Erlangshan, Hanshan and Wuzhumuqin. The first three strains produce quality cashmere; the last two have been
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was taken from northern and western Australia from the local bush goat population in the late 1970s. The production varies from herd to herd, with the most productive herds averaging 250 grams at a diameter of 15 μm. There is a breed and fleece standard, and active development of the breed
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In 1994, China had an estimated population of 123 million goats and is the largest producer of cashmere down. Local breeds are dominant. In the past decades, breeding programs have been started to develop productive breeds. The cashmere goat is a fiber goat along with the
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in 1984. By 1994, selected Liaoning does were producing 326 g of down at 15 μm diameter. The selection work emphasizes size, length of body, quantity and quality of cashmere, the ability to climb, sturdiness, conformation and growth.
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Province. The herd has been continually developed since then, and used to improve the cashmere herd throughout China. The Liaoning goat is mainly found in the Buyun mountains in the
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in Ningxia and Gansu Provinces in China, and are famous for their kid fur and cashmere production. The average fiber production for does is 216 g at 15 μm diameter.
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Province, China. The down is usually brown, but the color can vary. The average doe down yield is 115 g at 14 μm diameter.
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Pattie, W.A.; Restall, B.J. (1989). "The inheritance of cashmere in Australian goats. 2. genetic parameters and breeding values".
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Breeding animals were selected in the 1960s from six counties in the eastern mountain area of
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This Inner Mongolian strain is a new breed, recognized in 1994, and is distributed mainly in
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provinces. A typical adult doe produces 184 grams of down at 15.7 μm diameter.
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In 1994, there were more than 7 million Tibetan Plateau and Valley goats in
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region with the word "cashmere" deriving from an anglicisation of Kashmir.
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The goats take their name from their origin in the Himalayan region of
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developed for high production. The average down yield is about 240
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VI International Conference On Goats 6-11 May 1996 Beijing, China
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is 290 grams with fibers averaging 16.0-16.5 microns in diameter
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Government of Jammu & Kashmir, Animal Husbandary Department
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The Licheng Daqing goat is a dual-purpose breed from the
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has a long history in desert and semidesert regions of
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area; it produces a small quantity of dark soft down.
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originated in the semidesert and desert area around
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Cashmere goats

goat
cashmere wool
follicles
Pygora goat
Nigora goat
Angora goat
Kashmir
Australian Cashmere Goat
University of Western Australia

Ladakh (India)
Changthangi
Changthangi
Pashmina
China
Tibet
Mongolia
Myanmar
Bhutan
Nepal
Pakistan
India
Hexi Cashmere
Gansu Province
Gansu
Qinghai
Ningxia
Inner Mongolia

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