Keskin, MahmutBicer, OsmanGul, Sabri2024-09-182024-09-1820071300-0128https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12483/8599This study was carried out with Damascus (Shami) goats and German Fawn x Hair goat (B,) crossbreds at Mustafa Kemal University. Animals were housed in semi-open sheds under semi-intensive conditions. Both groups were fed 600 g/head per day of concentrate and grazed in a pasture during lactation. Moulted cashmere was harvested by combing in February, March, and April, 2005. at 14-day intervals. The dimensions of cashmere fibres were determined by measuring 25 cashmere fibres from each goat using a Visopan microscope; fibre length was measured with a ruler. Mean diameter and length of cashmere for Shami and the crossbreds was calculated as 13.5 +/- 0.1 pm and 18.3 +/- 0.2 cm, and 12.6 0.1 pm and 18.5 +/- 0.2 cm, respectively. Results also revealed that both diameter and length of cashmere showed considerable variation for both genotypes across the moulting days during the season.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccesscashmereShami goatGerman Fawn x Hair goat (B-1) crossbredsArticle3132032062-s2.0-34447511087Q3WOS:000249558500010Q4