ABSTRACT

In this study 34 heads of Karacabey Merino sheep wools raised in various farms located around Tekirdağ province, Turkey were investigated. Physical wool properties such as fiber fineness, length, strength, elongation, and greasy fleece weight were examined. Samples were collected during the shearing of the animals. Samples from three different regions such as head-neck, middle, and back from each animal were taken. According to the fiber fineness and strength results, all investigated factors were found to be statistically important. It can be said that fibers from the rams and the back region of the animal were coarser and stronger. Accordingly, it was observed that coarser fibers (fibers from males or from sheep with age range of 0–2) have lower elongation at break values in general. Furthermore, for fiber length only the factor age was statistically significant. On the other hand, greasy fleece weight increased with the increase in animal age and it was higher for rams than that of ewes.

摘要

在这项研究中，对在土耳其泰基尔达省附近的各个农场饲养的 34 头卡拉卡贝美利奴羊毛进行了调查。检查了羊毛的物理性能，例如纤维细度、长度、强度、伸长率和毛绒重量。在动物剪毛期间收集样品。从每只动物的头颈部、中部和背部三个不同区域采集样本。根据纤维细度和强度结果，发现所有研究因素都具有统计学意义。可以说，公羊和动物背部的纤维更粗、更结实。因此，观察到较粗的纤维（来自雄性或年龄范围为 0-2 岁的绵羊的纤维）通常具有较低的断裂伸长率值。此外，对于纤维长度，只有年龄因素具有统计学意义。另一方面，油脂毛重随着动物年龄的增加而增加，公羊比母羊高。