Wool quality traits of sheep reared in Karnah tehsil of J&K

A study was conducted to estimate wool quality traits of sheep reared in Karnah tehsil of Jammu and Kashmir. Accordingly, 100 wool samples were collected and analyzed for crimps per inch (CPI), staple length (SL) (cm), clean wool yield (CWY) (%), fibre diameter (FD) (µ) and medullation (M) (%). Overall estimates of 7.82±0.28, 3.23±0.117 cm, 21.77±0.05µ, 70.83±0.04% and 3.40±0.37% for CPI, SL, FD, CWY (%) and medullation (%) with CV (%), 35.81, 32.82, 2.30, 0.51 and 108.24 respectively was obtained in the present study. All wool samples were black. To conserve the precious indigenous germplasm of Jammu and Kashmir, random crossbreeding with Kashmir Merino breeds should be checked.