Characterization of Non-Angora (´Creole Hairy´) Goat´s Fiber from the Northern Patagonia Area of Argentina. Potential Textile use as Patagonian Cashmere/h2&gt;

Frank En

doi:10.19080/ctftte.2019.05.555665

Abstract

Characterization of Non-Angora (´Creole Hairy´) Goat´s Fiber from the Northern Patagonia Area of Argentina. Potential Textile use as Patagonian Cashmere/h2>

Highlights

In Argentina, the goat fiber of Angora (Mohair) is widely known, the same information on the production of fiber from the double coated Creole “hairy”goat of northern Patagonia, which could be generically be referred as Cashemere and other names such as Cashgora [1] is not available
In Australia, the fibre produced by the local goat was characterised by studying the diameter distribution profile comparatively with another fibre commercially known as Cashmere, including different genetic proportions of cashmere goats by mohair-producing goats [3]
These figures coincide to a large extent with the findings of previous similar studies of the same areas [6] of other areas not studied in this work [5] and even considering all the goat fiber producing areas of northern Patagonia [1]

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Introduction

In Argentina, the goat fiber of Angora (Mohair) is widely known, the same information on the production of fiber from the double coated Creole “hairy”goat of northern Patagonia, which could be generically be referred as Cashemere and other names such as Cashgora [1] is not available. The name Cashmere results from an arbitrary textile definition and does not correspond to a biological-productive base, Australian studies confirm that the diameter of cashmere ranges from 13.6 to 19.2μm and cashgora from 17.8 to 22.7μm [2]. In Australia, the fibre produced by the local goat was characterised by studying the diameter distribution profile comparatively with another fibre commercially known as Cashmere, including different genetic proportions of cashmere goats by mohair-producing goats [3]. In 2002 a local dehairing technology began to be developed to remove mixed fleeces (double-coated) such as goats and others [4,5] which was essential for the subsequent use of these fibers in the textile industry. The presence of different types of fleeces (long Cashemere, short Cashemere, Intermediate Cashmere, Cashgora and Mohair) was determined as well as degrees of fineness according to different classification criteria and fiber lengths [1]

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