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dc.contributor.authorBrown, Den
dc.contributor.authorCrook, Ben
dc.date.accessioned2008-07-29T14:34:00Z-
dc.date.issued2005-
dc.identifier.citationAustralian Journal of Agricultural Research, 56(7), p. 673-684en
dc.identifier.issn1444-9838en
dc.identifier.issn0004-9409en
dc.identifier.issn1836-5795en
dc.identifier.issn1836-0947en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/666-
dc.description.abstractFibre diameter, fibre length, and the ratio of fibre length growth to mean fibre diameter (L/D), fibre diameter profile characteristics, and staple strength were examined in 16 fine wool Merino wethers in a 12-month field experiment. Variations in fibre diameter, fibre length, and L/D were shown to be associated with fibre diameter profile characteristics and staple strength. At constant fibre diameter, L/D was significantly positively related to variation in fibre diameter along the staple. A positive correlation between seasonal variation in L/D and variation in diameter between fibres was also observed. Staple length was significantly positively correlated with along-staple variation in fibre diameter and negatively correlated with variation in fibre diameter among fibres. Among-fibre variation in fibre diameter was not significantly correlated with along-staple variation in fibre diameter. Seasonal variation in fibre length growth, fibre diameter, and the ratio of length to diameter throughout the year was associated with increased variation in fibre diameter along the fibre diameter profile and reduced staple strength in grazing sheep. Seasonal variation in fibre diameter was mostly related to mean fibre diameter, L/D, and seasonal variation in fibre length growth rate. Changes in fibre diameter throughout the year were also related to seasonal changes in body weight, fat depth, and skin thickness.en
dc.languageenen
dc.publisherCSIRO Publishingen
dc.relation.ispartofAustralian Journal of Agricultural Researchen
dc.titleEnvironmental responsiveness of fibre diameter in grazing fine wool Merino sheepen
dc.typeJournal Articleen
dc.identifier.doi10.1071/AR04182en
dc.subject.keywordsAnimal Breedingen
local.contributor.firstnameDen
local.contributor.firstnameBen
local.subject.for2008070201 Animal Breedingen
local.subject.seo630102 Sheep - woolen
local.profile.schoolAnimal Genetics and Breeding Uniten
local.profile.schoolSchool of Environmental and Rural Scienceen
local.profile.emaildbrown2@une.edu.auen
local.output.categoryC1en
local.record.placeauen
local.record.institutionUniversity of New Englanden
local.identifier.epublicationsrecordpes:2284en
local.publisher.placeAustraliaen
local.format.startpage673en
local.format.endpage684en
local.identifier.scopusid24744438223en
local.peerreviewedYesen
local.identifier.volume56en
local.identifier.issue7en
local.contributor.lastnameBrownen
local.contributor.lastnameCrooken
dc.identifier.staffune-id:dbrown2en
dc.identifier.staffune-id:bcrook2en
local.profile.roleauthoren
local.profile.roleauthoren
local.identifier.unepublicationidune:677en
dc.identifier.academiclevelAcademicen
local.title.maintitleEnvironmental responsiveness of fibre diameter in grazing fine wool Merino sheepen
local.output.categorydescriptionC1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journalen
local.search.authorBrown, Den
local.search.authorCrook, Ben
local.uneassociationUnknownen
local.year.published2005en
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