The Xinjiang goat breed from the mountains of Xinjiang in China is used for the production of milk, cashmere, and meat.[1][2]

Annual cashmere yield is 137 g, with a cashmere length of 5.0 cm and a diameter of 12.74 μm. Cross-breeding with the Liaoning Cashmere breed has been found to improve cashmere yield and length at the cost of increased fibre diameter.[3]

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References

  1. ↑ Breed data sheet: Xinjiang/China. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed June 2014.
  2. ↑ Porter, Valerie (ed.), Ian Lauder Mason (2002). Mason's world dictionary of livestock breeds, types, and varieties (5th edition). Wallingford: CABI. ISBN 085199430X. p. 160.
  3. ↑ M. Yerxat, D. Yalejean (1995). Application of wild goats in cashmere breeding. Small Ruminant Research. 15 (3): 287-291. doi:10.1016/0921-4488(94)00027-5.


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