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Articles | Volume 67, issue 3
Articles | Volume 67, issue 3
https://doi.org/10.5194/aab-67-401-2024
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https://doi.org/10.5194/aab-67-401-2024
© Author(s) 2024. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 67, issue 3
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16 Aug 2024
Original study |  | 16 Aug 2024

Influence of colour and age on the thickness and medullation characteristics of wool Huacaya alpacas maintained in Poland

Ewa Kuźnicka, Katarzyna Stempke, Aurelia Radzik-Rant, and Witold Rant

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The aim of the research was to compare the thickness and the medullation of white and coloured wool from alpacas of different ages. The colour of the wool did not significantly affect the thickness and degree of medullation of the alpaca wool. Discontinuous medullas are found even in very fine hair. With age, the mean fibre diameter increased; the share of non-medullated fibres in the fleece decreased; and the share of medullated fibres, especially those with an discontinuous medulla, increased.
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