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Some hair characteristics of camels in two provinces of Iran

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 November 2017

Mahnaz Salehi*
Affiliation:
Animal Science Research Institute, Karaj, Islamic Republic of Iran
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The camel carries a mixed fleece similar to the Cashmere goat and renowned as specially hair or luxury fibres. The outer hair of animal is very coarse, tough, and wiry and inner coat has soft fine down fibres that give a valuable product known as camel’s hair wool. Coarse wool and hair is often used for the manufacture of tent cloth, blankets, rope and cloaks. In Iran, the fine down hairs of the inner coat of the camel is usually gathered to make special clothing for men, such as that carrying the ‘Aba’ name. The young animals yield about 3kg of raw wool while older animals yield only 1-2kg. The hair colour is generally brown, varying from deep chocolate and almost black, through reds, rusts, and fawns to almost white in some types. The objective of this study was to evaluate the camel fibre according to region and age and such information for improving their quality during processing.

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Copyright © The British Society of Animal Science 2008

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