Study of fiber characteristics of Sistan and Balouchestan Native Goats

To study the fleece characteristics of native goats in Sistan and Balouchestan province, fiber sample was taken from 270 females between one to three years old from Khash, Saravan and Iranshahr cities. The differences between age groups for all fleece parameters except fleece weight were not significant. The fleece weight of two and three years old goats were 263.4 (± 7.7) and 315 (± 7.8) gr, respectively and were more than the fleece weight of yearling goats 323 (± 7.7) gr. The results of cashmere in Khash goats was highest (26.3 ± 1%), and the goats of Iran-shahr had the finest cashmere of (12.5± 0.3 micron).