Quantitative genetic analysis of micron blowout in Alpacas
Some alpacas maintain fine fibre throughout life, while others suffer from significant coarsening of fibre as they age, a trait known as micron blowout. Micron blowout results in reduced productivity, through reduced yield of high quality fibre over the life of an animal. Data from a well-establishe...
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| author | Munyard, Kylie Greeff, J. |
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| description | Some alpacas maintain fine fibre throughout life, while others suffer from significant coarsening of fibre as they age, a trait known as micron blowout. Micron blowout results in reduced productivity, through reduced yield of high quality fibre over the life of an animal. Data from a well-established alpaca herd in Peru was used in a complex quantitative genetics analysis to determine if genetics plus environment, or environment alone was responsible for micron blowout in alpacas. This project has shown that micron blowout has a moderate heritability in alpacas, and that selection against micron blowout would be successful in reducing the extent of the problem. This report is targeted at Australian alpaca breeders. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-387212017-01-30T14:25:10Z Quantitative genetic analysis of micron blowout in Alpacas Munyard, Kylie Greeff, J. Alpaca micron fibre Some alpacas maintain fine fibre throughout life, while others suffer from significant coarsening of fibre as they age, a trait known as micron blowout. Micron blowout results in reduced productivity, through reduced yield of high quality fibre over the life of an animal. Data from a well-established alpaca herd in Peru was used in a complex quantitative genetics analysis to determine if genetics plus environment, or environment alone was responsible for micron blowout in alpacas. This project has shown that micron blowout has a moderate heritability in alpacas, and that selection against micron blowout would be successful in reducing the extent of the problem. This report is targeted at Australian alpaca breeders. 2013 Report http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/38721 https://rirdc.infoservices.com.au/items/12-136 RIRDC fulltext |
| spellingShingle | Alpaca micron fibre Munyard, Kylie Greeff, J. Quantitative genetic analysis of micron blowout in Alpacas |
| title | Quantitative genetic analysis of micron blowout in Alpacas |
| title_full | Quantitative genetic analysis of micron blowout in Alpacas |
| title_fullStr | Quantitative genetic analysis of micron blowout in Alpacas |
| title_full_unstemmed | Quantitative genetic analysis of micron blowout in Alpacas |
| title_short | Quantitative genetic analysis of micron blowout in Alpacas |
| title_sort | quantitative genetic analysis of micron blowout in alpacas |
| topic | Alpaca micron fibre |
| url | https://rirdc.infoservices.com.au/items/12-136 http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/38721 |