https://doi.org/10.52973/rcfcv-e34482
Received: 07/07/2024 Accepted: 12/10/2024 Published: 23/12/2024
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Revista Científica, FCV-LUZ / Vol. XXXIV, rcfcv-e34482
ABSTRACT
This study was conducted to determine the mohair quality
characteristics of Eskisehir, Lalahan and Siirt variety Angora goats.
In the study, mohair samples were taken from the shoulder, rump and
rib regions of each Angora goat of Eskisehir, Lalahan and Siirt varieties
during the mohair shearing period. A total of 57 samples from 19 heads
of Angora goats were analyzed in terms of quality characteristics
such as clean weight, dirty weight, yield, length, neness, elasticity
and tenacity. According to the results obtained, the effect of variety
and gender on the dirty weight, clean weight and yield variables was
statistically signicant (P<0.05), while the effect of the region was
found to be insignicant (P>0.05). The effect of variety and region on
the length variable was found to be statistically signicant, while the
effect of gender was found to be insignicant. The effect of variety and
gender on the neness variable was found to be statistically signicant,
while the effect of region was found to be statistically insignicant.
The effects of variety, gender and region on the elasticity variable
were found to be statistically insignicant. The effect of variety on
the tenacity variable was found to be statistically signicant, while the
effect of gender and region was found to be statistically insignicant.
According to the information obtained from this study, variety, region
and gender variables have various effects on mohair characteristics.
It is thought that these characteristics will contribute to studies on
breeding Angora goats and improving mohair quality.
Key words: Mohair, quality traits; natural ber
RESUMEN
Este estudio se llevó a cabo para determinar las características de
calidad del vellon de las cabras de Angora (AG) de las variedades
Eskisehir, Lalahan y Siirt. En el estudio se tomaron muestras de
vellon de las regiones de la paletilla, la grupa y las costillas de cada
cabra de AG de las variedades Eskisehir, Lalahan y Siirt durante el
periodo de esquila del vellon. Se analizaron un total de 57 muestras
de 19 cabezas de cabras de AG en términos de características
de calidad, como peso limpio, peso sucio, rendimiento, longitud,
nura, elasticidad y tenacidad. Según los resultados obtenidos, el
efecto de la variedad y el sexo sobre las variables peso sucio, peso
limpio y rendimiento fue estadísticamente signicativo (P<0,05),
mientras que el efecto de la región resultó insignicante (P>0,05).
El efecto de la variedad y la región sobre la variable longitud resultó
ser estadísticamente signicativo, mientras que el efecto del género
resultó ser insignicante. El efecto de la variedad y el sexo en la
variable nura resultó estadísticamente signicativo, mientras que
el efecto de la región resultó estadísticamente insignicante. Los
efectos de la variedad, el sexo y la región en la variable elasticidad
no fueron estadísticamente significativos. El efecto de la
variedad sobre la variable tenacidad resultó ser estadísticamente
signicativo, mientras que, el efecto del género y la región resultó ser
estadísticamente insignicante. Según la información obtenida en
este estudio, las variables variedad, región y género tienen diversos
efectos sobre las características del vellon. Se considera que estas
características contribuirán a los estudios sobre la cría de cabras de
AG y la mejora de la calidad del vellón.
Palabras clave: Vellón; calidad; bra natural
Some mohair characteristics of different Angora goat varieties
Algunas características del vellón de distintas variedades de cabra de Angora
Senem Esin Selçuk
1
* , Özge Özmen
2
, Ayşe Yener
3
1
International Center for Livestock Research and Training. Ankara, Türkiye.
2
Ankara University, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Genetics. Ankara, Türkiye.
3
Ankara University, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Statistics. Ankara, Türkiye.
*Corresponding author: senemesinselcuk@gmail.com
FIGURE 1. Angora goat (AG) varieties (A) Eskisehir variety of AG, (B) Lalahan variety of AG, (C) Siirt variety AG
A B C
Mohair characteristics of protected some Angora goats / Selçuk et al. _____________________________________________________________
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INTRODUCTION
Goats (Capra hircus) are a suitable source of milk [1], meat [2],
skin and ber [3] for human use [4] and have a wide distribution on
the world. The goat population in Türkiye is around 10,708,674 heads
and Angora goat (AG), which is an important genetic resource of our
country, constitutes 212,516 heads of this population [5].
AG, which is an important genetic resource of Türkiye, is bred mainly
for its mohair. In our country, AG breeding is mostly carried out in the
Ankara province and is intensively practiced in Güdül, Kizilcahamam,
Beypazari line located in the basin where Kirmir Creek is located [6].
Other provinces in Türkiye where AG is bred are Konya, Karaman,
Eskisehir, Afyon, Cankiri, Corum, Kastamonu, Kirsehir, Kutahya, Nigde,
Yozgat, Bolu. In Eastern and Southeastern Anatolia provinces such as
Siirt, Mardin, Bitlis and Van, it is bred under the name of the colored
AG, colored mohair goat or Siirt goat. AGs are mostly white in color.
AG raised in Konya and its region are cream and yellow, while those
raised in Eastern and Southeastern provinces are silvery gray, brown
and black (FIG. 1) [7].
A group of AGs was brought from Eskisehir Anatolian Agricultural
Enterprise to the International Center for Livestock Research and
Training (ICLRT) of the Turkish Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry in
1997 and formed the Eskisehir variety of AGs. Eskisehir variety of AGs
carry US AG blood in their genotype and have been bred pure since
1997. The other AGs bred within ICLRT is the Lalahan variety. The
Lalahan variety of AG has been pure bred since 1930. Both varieties
of AGs have been under protection since 1997 [8]. The colored AG has
also been protected by the same project implemented by General
Directorate of Agricultural Research and Policies (GDARP) of the
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry of the Republic of Türkiye, and
its breeding has been supported in Siirt province since 2012 [9] and
in Mardin and Sırnak provinces since 2023 [10].
Mohair produced by AGs is one of main textile bers of animal origin.
Its distinctive properties such as smoothness and natural luster make
it one of the most outstanding bers for garment design with high
economic value [11]. In addition, the neness (diameter) and quantity
of mohair are most important factors determining its economic
value. The economic value of mohair in the world markets depends
primarily on quantity, length, corrugation, elasticity and tenacity.
For this reason, efforts are made to improve these characteristics
and to improve the quality of the product in general in the countries
where mohair is produced [12].
In the study conducted by Ozturk and Goncagul [13], mohair
ber neness was 31.34 ± 0.30 μm, length 16.16 ± 0.31 cm, elasticity
27.39% ± 0.20, tenacity 23.63 ± 0.39 g in 2–year–old females; mohair
neness 32.34 ± 0.38 μm, length 15.81 ± 0.47 cm, elasticity 27.50% ± 0.27,
tenacity 23.45 ± 0.48 g in 2–year–old males. Erolet al. [14] determined
ber diameter 36.31 ± 0.45 μm, length 115.60 ± 2.58 mm, elasticity
40.36 ± 0.31 %, tenacity 19.52 ± 0.61 cN/tex in 2–year–old goats.
Bilgen et al. [15] determined ber neness 33.48 ± 0.44 μm, nozzle
length 6.23 ± 0.13 cm, elasticity 37.51 ± 0.65%, tenacity 9.46 ± 0.23g.
Odabasioglu et al. [16] compared the mohair characteristics of colored
mohair goat kid and Angora goat × colored mohair goat F1 cross kids.
Mohair yield, neness, length, elasticity and tenacity values were
determined as 74.3% and 75.9%; 36.4 μm and 30.1 μm; 7.4 cm and
7.8cm; 32.4% and 31.6%; 8.2 g and 6.3 g, respectively, in colored
mohair goat and F1 crossbreds.
Since the number of AGs in our country is constantly decreasing,
various organizations and researchers, especially the Republic of
Türkiye Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, and academicians are
working the eliminate the decrease the number of AGs [6].
This research was carried out to determine the mohair quality
characteristics of Eskisehir and Lalahan varieties of AGs under
protection in the ICLRT and colored Angora (Siirt) goats (Siirt variety
AG) under breeding in the hands of breeders within the scope of the
“Protection of Domestic Animal Genetic Resources Project” carried
out under the GDARP of Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry of the
Republic of Türkiye.
MATERIAL AND METHODS
Animal Material
The animal material of this research was collected from Eskisehir (3
females and 3 males), Lalahan (4 females and 3 males) and Siirt variety
(3 females and 3 males) AGs within the scope of the protection project
carried out by the Republic of Türkiye, Ministry of Agriculture and
Forestry, GDARP. Mohair samples of Eskisehir and Lalahan variety AGs
were provided by ICLRT located in Ankara (latitude 39°58'25.05" N and
TABLE I
Eect of variety, gender and region factors and their
interactions on dirty weight variable*
Variable Gender Variety
Region
Shoulder Rump Rib
X
̄
± S
X
̄
X
̄
± S
X
̄
X
̄
± S
X
̄
Dirty
Weight (g)
Female
x
Eskisehir
b
9.07 ± 0.12 8.99 ± 1.03 7.92 ± 0.61
Lalahan
a
14.81 ± 1.57 12.95 ± 1.54 14.66 ± 1.39
Siirt
c
5.36 ± 0.56 4.82 ± 1.20 5.35 ± 1.59
Male
y
Eskisehir
b
19.37 ± 1.06 14.34 ± 2.70 17.58 ± 1.04
Lalahan
a
18.49 ± 2.21 15.57 ± 1.91 17.09 ± 1.64
Siirt
c
9.20 ± 2.57 9.41 ± 3.74 5.09 ± 0.62
* X
̄
: mean, S
X
̄
: standard error,
x,y
: The dierences between dierent letters within the
gender groups statistically signicant,
a,b,c
: The dierences between dierent letters
within the variety groups statistically signicant
TABLE II
Eect of variety, gender and region factors and their
interactions on clean weight variable*
Variable Gender Variety
Region
Shoulder Rump Rib
X
̄
± S
X
̄
X
̄
± S
X
̄
X
̄
± S
X
̄
Clean
Weight (g)
Female
x
Eskisehira
a
6.68 ± 0.63 7.06 ± 1.01 6.23 ± 0.42
Lalahan
a
10.41 ± 1.49 10.44 ± 1.40 10.53 ± 1.29
Siirt
b
5.06 ± 5.09 4.46 ± 1.20 4.741 ± 1.76
Male
y
Eskisehir
a
16.67 ± 0.46 12.15 ± 2.43 15.07 ± 1.43
Lalahan
a
15.53 ± 1.29 12.70 ± 1.33 14.25 ± 0.97
Siirt
b
8.65 ± 2.65 9.00 ± 3.55 4.85 ± 0.60
* X
̄
: mean, S
X
̄
: standard error,
x,y
: The dierences between dierent letters within the
gender groups statistically signicant,
a,b,c
: The dierences between dierent letters
within the variety groups statistically signicant
TABLE III
Eect of variety, gender and region factors and
their interactions on yield variable*
Variable Gender Variety
Region
Shoulder Rump Rib
X
̄
± S
X
̄
X
̄
± S
X
̄
X
̄
± S
X
̄
Yield (%)
Female
x
Eskisehir
b
73.70 ± 6.46 78.13 ± 2.29 78.83 ± 1.15
Lalahan
b
70.75 ± 7.05 80.15 ± 3.09 71.80 ± 3.84
Siirt
a
94.70 ± 5.57 91.83 ± 2.03 85.40 ± 7.93
Male
y
Eskisehir
b
86.47 ± 2.60 84.43 ± 1.32 85.50 ± 3.55
Lalahan
b
84.80 ± 2.99 82.10 ± 2.72 84.00 ± 2.51
Siirt
a
92.07 ± 4.23 95.97 ± 0.42 95.47 ± 0.59
* X
̄
: mean, S
X
̄
: standard error,
x,y
: The dierences between dierent letters within the
gender groups statistically signicant,
a,b,c
: The dierences between dierent letters
within the variety groups statistically signicant
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longitude 33°6'25.81" E) and Siirt mohair samples were provided from
a breeder in Siirt (latitude 37°59'47.86" N and longitude 42°3'38.20"E).
The goats used in the study were selected from clinically healthy and
2 years old goats.
Methods
Approximately 20 g of mohair samples were taken from shoulder,
rump and rib area of each goat during the mohair shearing period. In
total, 57 mohair samples of 19 AGs were analyzed for ber properties
such as dirty weight, clean weight, yield, length, neness, elasticity
and tenacity. These measurements were carried out at the Wool–
Mohair Laboratory at ICLRT, and length measurements were carried
out at the Breeding Sheep and Goat Breeders Association of Ankara
province. Mohair samples were weighed on (Mettler Toledo AG204,
Switzerland) a precision scales and the weight (dirty weight) was
recorded. These samples were washed with water with detergent at
the temperature of 55°C and pH=10 and dried in an oven (Memmert
Modell 100–800, Memmert GmbH+Co., Germany) at the 105°C for 6
hours. The dried samples were kept under laboratory conditions for
a while and then weighed. After weighing the clean weights, yield
values were calculated using the formula below.
•
Mohair yield (%): [Clean and dry mohair amount (g) × (100 + 13.87%)]
/ Dirty mohair amount (g). (13.87% = Amount of moisture retained
by dry mohair (standard moisture retention capacity) [17].
The homogeneous portion of the samples, which were washed and
cleaned from foreign materials, was chopped with guillotine shears
and placed between two glasses called slides. The slide was placed in
USTER OFDA100 (OFDA: Optical–Based Fiber Diameter Analyzer) (Uster,
OFDA 100, Switzerland) and ber diameter (neness) was measured.
Length measurements were conducted using the OFDA2000 Portable
(Australia) device measuring according to IWTO (International Wool Textile
Organization) analysis method. Elasticity and tenacity measurements of
the samples were performed on FAFE–GRAPH (Textechno, Textechno H.
Stein GmbH & Co. KG, Moenchengladbach, Germany) device.
Statistical analysis
Descriptive statistics of the data were calculated and presented
as “Arithmetic Mean ± Standard Error”. Three–way design analysis of
variance (ANOVA) was used to examine the effect of variety, gender,
and region factors on dirty weight, clean weight, yield, length, neness,
elasticity and tenacity variables. In the model, the main effects of
variety, gender and region and all possible two–way and three–way
interaction terms related to these main effects were included. Sample
effects analysis with Bonferroni correction was used to analyze
signicant interaction terms. P<0.05 criterion was used for all statistical
evaluations. SPSS 21 package program was used for statistical analyses.
RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
The effect of variety and gender on dirty weight (TABLE I), clean
weight (TABLE II) and yield (TABLE III) variables was found statistically
signicant (P<0.05), while the effect of the region on these variables
was found statistically insignicant (P>0.05). Variety and gender
interactions for dirty weight and clean weight variables were found
statistically signicant (P<0.05). According to these results, dirty
weight and clean weight values of Siirt variety were lower than
Eskisehir and Lalahan varieties, while the yield value was higher. In
all varieties, dirty weight, clean weight and yield values of females
were lower than males (TABLE I, II, III).
TABLE IV
Eect of variety, gender and region factors and
their interactions on length variable*
Variable Gender Variety
Region
Shoulder
A
Rump
B
Rib
B
X
̄
± S
X
̄
X
̄
± S
X
̄
X
̄
± S
X
̄
Length
(mm)
Female
Eskisehir
a
113.33 ± 11.67 105.00 ± 2.89 110.00 ± 7.64
Lalahan
a
133.75 ± 2.39 120.00 ± 9.13 127.5 ± 11.27
Siirt
b
120.00 ± 26.46 75.00 ± 7.64 90.00 ± 12.58
Male
Eskisehir
a
148.33 ± 7.26 101.67 ± 6.01 120.00 ± 13.23
Lalahan
a
120.00 ± 2.89 83.33 ± 4.41 111.67 ± 18.78
Siirt
b
120.00 ± 8.66 106.67 ± 11.67 68.33 ± 29.49
* X
̄
: mean, S
X
̄
: standard error,
A,B
: The dierences between dierent letters within the
region groups statistically signicant,
a,b
: The dierences between dierent letters
within the variety groups statistically signicant
TABLE V
Eect of variety, gender and region factors and
their interactions on length variable*
Variable Gender Variety
Region
Shoulder Rump Rib
X
̄
± S
X
̄
X
̄
± S
X
̄
X
̄
± S
X
̄
Fineness
(μm)
Female
x
Eskisehir
b
27.33 ± 1.33 23.97 ± 1.67 25.17 ± 1.32
Lalahan
b
28.67 ± 1.05 25.70 ± 1.41 25.13 ± 1.19
Siirt
a
33.80 ± 2.17 30.70 ± 2.64 32.73 ± 2.35
Male
y
Eskisehir
b
33.03 ± 1.98 28.50 ± 2.61 29.10 ± 1.86
Lalahan
b
32.90 ± 2.28 31.03 ± 2.13 30.60 ± 0.66
Siirt
a
37.07 ± 3.29 36.03 ± 3.78 36.00 ± 2.38
* X
̄
: mean, S
X
̄
: standard error,
x,y
: The dierences between dierent letters within the
gender groups statistically signicant,
a,b,c
: The dierences between dierent letters
within the variety groups statistically signicant
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In this study, the yield values (TABLE III) obtained in Siirt variety
were higher than reported by Ariturk et al. [18] (77%) in the goat herd
at Lalahan Zootechny Research Institute, by Muftuoglu and Orkiz
[19] (78.4, 73.8, 73, 67.3, 82.2 and 88.4%) in goats raised by public
in Nigde, Ankara, Eskisehir, Yozgat, Konya, Kastamonu provinces,
Duzgunesetal. [20] (73.38%) in 188 kids provided by public in
Beypazari, Ayas, Kalecik, Elmadag and Keskin districts, and the yield
values provided from females in Eskisehir variety were similar to
Muftuoglu and Orkiz [19] for goats raised by public in Ankara, Eskisehir
and Yozgat provinces, and by Duzgunes et al. [20] in Beypazari, Ayas,
Kalecik, Elmadag and Keskin districts. In addition, the yield values
of the Siirt variety were found to be higher than the values obtained
from the Lalahan and Eskisehir varieties in this study.
The effect of variety and region on the length variable was found
statistically signicant (P<0.05), while the effect of gender was
statistically insignicant (P>0.05). The interaction of variety and
gender for length variable was found statistically signicant (P<0.05).
Other interactions for this variable were not statistically signicant
(P>0.05). According to these results, the length values of Siirt variety
were lower than Eskisehir and Lalahan varieties. Shoulder region
length values were higher than rump and rib region (TABLE IV).
Lalahan varieties; it is similar to the neness values obtained in
females in the Siirt variety, and lower than Siirt variety males.
Mohair neness (diameter) is one of the leading characteristics in
textile industries [23]. In this study, the ber neness values taken
from shoulder, rump and rib region of females in Eskisehir and Lalahan
varieties are lower than Ozturk and Goncagul [13], Siirt variety are
similar to the values obtained in Ozturk and Goncagul [13]. In addition,
mohair ber neness values taken from the same regions in males
similar to the values obtained in Ozturk and Goncagul [13], and the
neness values obtained from the Siirt variety are higher than Ozturk
and Goncagul [13]. The neness values obtained from Eskisehir,
Lalahan and Siirt variety females and Eskisehir and Lalahan variety
males were lower than Erol etal. [14] were, while Siirt variety males
are similar to Erol et al. [14]. Odabasioglu et al. [16] found that the
neness value (36.4 μm) obtained from colored AGs was higher than
the neness values obtained in both gender of the three varieties in
this research. The neness value (30.1 μm) obtained from colored AG
crossbred was higher than neness value obtained from females in
Eskisehir and Lalahan varieties, lower than in Siirt variety females and
males of three varieties. Gunes et al. [24] reported ber neness as
29.83μm and 28.29 μm in Turkish and American AGs, respectively.
These values were found to be higher than females in Lalahan and
Eskisehir varieties, but lower than the neness value obtained from
males in all varieties. The neness values of mohair taken from
females in Eskisehir and Lalahan varieties were similar to the neness
values of mohair taken from spring shearing in AGs in the western
region of Argentina in the study conducted by Sacchero et al. [25].
The values obtained from females were close to the values
determined by Yerturk and Odabasioglu [26] (31.60, 34.40 and 35.38
μm), while the values obtained from males were higher in current
study. Yerturk and Odabasioglu [26] determined the length values
for the same region 15.88, 16.75, 14.89 cm. In this study, these values
were determined as 12.00, 7.50, 9.00 cm in females and 12.00, 10.60,
6.83 cm in males, respectively and lower values were obtained than
Yerturk and Odabasioglu [26].
The effect of variety, gender and region on elasticity variable was
found statistically insignicant (P>0.05). Interactions for this variable
were found statistically insignicant (P>0.05, TABLE VI).
The effect of variety and gender on the neness variable was found
statistically signicant (P<0.05), while the effect of region was not
statistically signicant (P>0.05). All interactions between variables for
the neness variable were found statistically insignicant. According
to these results, the neness values of Siirt variety were higher than
Eskisehir and Lalahan varieties. In all varieties, females had lower
neness values than males (TABLE V).
Mohair length is one of the important characteristics of textile
industry [21]. The length values obtained in this study were lower than
length values obtained by Ozturk and Goncagul [13]. Horst et al. [22]
reported the average ber length as 17.176 ± 0.106 cm in Turkish origin
and 18.13 ± 0.351 cm in American origin AGs, respectively. In this study,
the length values obtained from all varieties were lower than the values
obtained by Horst et al. [22] and higher than the values obtained by
Odabasioglu et al. [16]. The neness values obtained by Bilgen etal.
[15] are higher than the values obtained in females of Eskisehir and
TABLE VII
Eect of variety, gender and region factors and
their interactions on tenacity variable*
Variable Gender Variety
Region
Shoulder Rump Rib
X
̄
± S
X
̄
X
̄
± S
X
̄
X
̄
± S
X
̄
Tenacity
(cN/tex)
Female
Eskisehir
a
28.19 ± 6.29 34.03 ± 8.27 27.61 ± 4.99
Lalahan
ab
24.18 ± 2.68 29.03 ± 4.12 29.44 ± 1.34
Siirt
b
23.03 ± 0.29 24.12 ± 1.46 22.98 ± 0.49
Male
Eskisehir
a
23.42 ± 1.13 29.78 ± 7.87 26.25 ± 2.32
Lalahan
ab
29.79 ± 7.63 31.03 ± 3.99 22.34 ± 2.36
Siirt
b
21.64 ± 1.79 21.91 ± 0.69 19.82 ± 1.28
* X
̄
: mean, S
X
̄
: standard error,
a,b
: The dierences between dierent letters within the
variety groups statistically signicant
TABLE VI
Eect of variety, gender and region factors and
their interactions on elasticity variable*
Variable Gender Variety
Region
Shoulder Rump Rib
X
̄
± S
X
̄
X
̄
± S
X
̄
X
̄
± S
X
̄
Elasticity
(%)
Female
Eskisehir 35.57 ± 3.21 34.77 ± 5.28 35.50 ± 1.65
Lalahan 34.05 ± 0.81 33.38 ± 1.93 35.96 ± 2.27
Siirt 35.33 ± 0.84 34.95 ± 1.39 34.78 ± 1.47
Male
Eskisehir 33.59 ± 1.25 38.23 ± 2.28 35.92 ± 4.77
Lalahan 35.32 ± 1.35 37.51 ± 1.44 33.23 ± 0.71
Siirt 34.19 ± 1.94 32.25 ± 1.53 27.34 ± 4.70
* X
̄
: mean, S
X
̄
: standard error
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The effect of variety on tenacity variable was statistically signicant
(P<0.05), while the effect of gender and region was statistically
insignicant (P>0.05). Interactions between all variables were found
statistically insignicant (P>0.05). According to these results, tenacity
values of Siirt variety were lower than Eskisehir and Lalahan varieties
(TABLE VII).
CONCLUSIONS
This study provided a comprehensive evaluation of the mohair
quality characteristics of Eskisehir, Lalahan, and Siirt varieties of
AGs. The results demonstrated signicant effects of variety and
gender on mohair yield, length, neness, and tenacity, while regional
differences were less pronounced. Notably, the Siirt variety showed
higher yield values, but lower tenacity compared to Eskisehir and
Lalahan varieties. Gender differences were evident, with males
generally exhibiting greater yield and coarser ber compared to
females. The ndings suggest that genetic factors, in conjunction
with environmental and management conditions, play a pivotal
role in determining the quality traits of mohair. These results can
be utilized to enhance breeding programs focused on optimizing
mohair production and quality in AGs. Future studies should consider
a broader range of environmental factors and include a larger sample
size to validate these ndings and provide more nuanced insights
into the complex interplay between genotype and environment in
mohair production.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The authors would like to thank the Republic of Türkiye, Ministry of
Agriculture and Forestry, General Directorate of Agricultural Research
and Policies, for providing nancial support for the research (Project
Number: TAGEM/HAYSÜD/A/20/A4/P2/2195).
Ethical Statement
This study was carried out as part of the Project to “Determination
of the Genes Affecting Mohair Development in Angora Goats by
RNA Sequencing (RNA–seq)”. In order to use animal materials in
this project, ethics committee permission numbered 205, dated
September 15, 2022, was obtained from the ICLRT animal experiments
local ethics committee.
Conict of interest
The authors declare there are no conicts of interest.
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