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Adding further value to South African indigenous goats through the production of cashmere

Author: Braun, AL Date: Jul 2000 South Africa has over 6 million indigenous goats, many of which have two coats of fibre, namely a fine down (cashmere) that is finer than 18,5 micron and a coarse guard hair. These goats are primarily kept for their meat, milk, skin products ... Read more
Cashmere and mohair quality and value adding potential by SMME’s

Author: Braun, AL Date: Apr 1999 Rare, luxury or speciality animal fibres have an exclusively and characteristic, that are rarely associated with other fibres. Their scarcity is due to the fact that they are difficult to produce on a large scale, because of climatic conditions ... Read more
Progress and future of a cashmere industry in South Africa

Author: Braun, AL Date: Oct 1998 This paper reports on the progress that has been made with the utilisation and promotion of fine down (cashmere type) fibre production from indigenous goat breeds in South Africa and on the results obtained on samples received during the past ... Read more
Progress in the uitilization and promotion of South African indigenous goats for cashmere production

Author: Braun, AL ; Roux, JA Date: 2004 A large number of indigenous goats posses two distinct coats, soft, fine undercoat (cashmere) and a coarse overcoat (guard hair the down fibre length and yield need to be improved by following an upgrading programme in order to lead to a ... Read more

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