Author:Botha, Anton F; Roux, JADate:Nov 2008South Africa has over 4 million indigenous goats (Boer, Savannah and Nguni/Mbusi breeds), many of which have two coats of fibre, namely a cashmere-like fine down and a coarse guard hair. These goats are primarily kept for their meat, milk and ...Read more
Author:Botha, Anton F; Roux, JADate:Nov 2008South Africa has over 4 million indigenous goats (Boer, Savannah and Nguni/Mbusi breeds), many of which have two coats of fibre, namely a cashmere-like fine down and a coarse guard hair. These goats are primarily kept for their meat, milk and ...Read morecb
Author:Dlodlo, N; Hunter, Lawrance; Botha, Anton F; Cele, C; Metelerkamp, RDate:Sep 2009This paper describes the concepts and development of a rule-based expert system to establish the optimum linkage between the yarn twist factor and end-use of a yarn and determine the appropriate twist for the particular yarn. The quality of ...Read more