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J. Anim Sci. 1970. 31:947-949.
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Chemical Defleecing of Sheep Under Field Conditions

Ivan L. Lindahl, E. H. Dolnick and C. E. Terrill1

U. S. Department of Agriculture,,2

Abstract

Under the conditions of this study 9 or 10 days posttreatments was a satisfactory time for defleecing the shoulder, side, thigh and back. The wool could be removed from the head and belly with some difficulty at this time. Chemical defleecing thus appears to offer a convenient means of separating the higher quality wool from lower quality head, leg and belly wool. Also, under conditions of this experiment, no ill effects were observed at any time in animals treated with CPA. Chemical defleecing did not affect the wool regrowth or appearance of the fleece.

Footnotes

1 The authors thank Dr. H. Leo Dickison, Bristol Laboratories, Syracuse, New York, for providing the cyclophosphamide, and Mr. C. R. Bender for management of the experimental animals.

2 Animal Husbandry Research Division, Sheep and Fur Animal Research Branch, Beltsville, Maryland 20705.






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