Abstract
Leather quality of some Sudan desert sheep and goats
Highlights
The sheep population of Sudan is about 49 million, over 36 % of the livestock in the country
The tribal subtype Kabashi is raised in the northern and eastern parts of North Kordofan and Darfur States while Hamari subtype is found in the western part of Kordofan and Darfur regions with different grades of crosses between these two tribal subtypes in the middle of the region
Skins samples were collected from Elobaied leather market, North Kordofan state in latitudes 11° 5’ – 13° 75’ N and longitudes 27°– 29° 5’ E in Sudan (Tibin et al, 2010)
Summary
The sheep population of Sudan is about 49 million, over 36 % of the livestock in the country. In Sudan goats were estimated at 42.5 million head forming about 31.7 % of ruminants in the country, 18.2 % of goats in Africa and 5.3 % of the world goat population (FAO, 1999; Yousif and Fadl El-Moula, 2006). This population composed of four major local breeds, Nubian, Desert, Nilotic and the Dwarf, distributed throughout the country (Wilson, 1991). In Sudan, goats and sheep play an important integral component in most traditional production systems They provide milk for children, meat, skin and cash income from sales (Ageeb, 1992). This trail is aimed to study Sudan sheep and goats leather properties in relation to breed type and age category
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