It was held in Villaviciosa (Asturias), hosted by Dr Koldo Osoro, on the 10-11 October, 1997.

• Purposes
• Agenda
• Workshop sessions
• Report
• Participants

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Purposes

• to agree on a set of common fibre measurements for each species across Europe, to improve genetic, breeding programmes and to assess fibre quality.
• to consider the use of the OFDA (Optical Fibre Diameter Analyser) as a standard

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Agenda

• 10/10/97

-General introduction

• presentation of the network objectives (John Milne)
• potential of the OFDA measurement methodology (Ho Phan)
• description of methods to assess the fibre quality for the angora rabbits (Daniel Allain)

-Separation of the participants into 4 discussion groups :

4 working sessions were held :

• angora rabbits
• cashmere goats
• fine wool
• angora goats

• 11/10/97:

-Reporting back session

• presentation of the outputs of each workshop by their leaders
• action plans drawn up, discussed and agreed

-Visit in the afternoon of an artisanal textile factory

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Workshop sessions

Angora rabbits

Angora goats

Cashmere goats

Fine Wool Sheep

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Angora Rabbits :

chairman : Dr Thébault , INRA Toulouse, France

Main areas discussed:

• selection criteria in relation to yield, bristle/down ratio and other fibre characteristics
• measurement of bristle and down fibres with OFDA (problem because the fibre is medullated)

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Mohair (Angora goats)

chairman : Dr Daniel Allain, INRA Toulouse, France

Main areas discussed:

• selection criteria in relation to yield, fineness, standard deviation of fibre distribution,
• assessment of kemp and other fibre characteristics.

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Cashmere

chairman : Dr John Milne, MLURI Scotland, UK

main areas discussed:

• selection criteria in relation to yield, fineness, length of the fibre and time of shedding
• scoring systems
• OFDA measurements

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Fine Wool Fibre

chairman : Prof. Peter Horst, HUB, Germany

main areas discussed:

• selection criteria in relation to yield, fineness and crimp
• correlation between crimp and fineness

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Report

• Preface
• Introduction to the workshop
• Optical Fibre Diameter Analyser methodology
• A rapid method for measuring cross-section characteristics of animal fibres
• Reports on workshop sessions on measurement of quality and quantity traits for each fibre type:

1. Cashmere
2. Mohair
3. Angora
4. Fine wool

• Conclusion of the workshop

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