Held in Castres (France) on 9-10 March 1998, hosted by Dr Daniel Allain (INRAToulouse).

French Angora buck

Purposes Agenda Workshop sessions Report Participants

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Purposes

• to agree on selection criteria and method of measurement for a common set of traits for each species
• to agree on database structure and its management

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Agenda

• Monday 9 March

- General presentation:

• introduction of the workshop (J. Milne)
• presentation of selection scheme for cashmere goats in Scotland (S. Bishop)
• presentation of selection scheme for angora rabbit in France (H. de Rochambeau)
• presentation of selection scheme for angora goats in Denmark (A. Holmenlund)
• presentation of selection scheme for angora goats in France (D. Allain)

-Separation into discussion groups :

• angora rabbit
• cashmere goats
• fine wool
• angora goats

• Tuesday 10 March

-Reporting back session by each discussion group

• angora rabbit
• angora goats
• cashmere goats
• fine wool

- Conclusion of the workshop

- Visits

• Co-operative of angora goat producers
• Fibre transformation factory
• Visit of a buck testing station

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Workshop sessions

Angora rabbit

Chairman: Dr Rene-Gerard Thebault (France)

Partiticipants: Mrs Brigitte Richard (France), Mr Denis Leduc (France), Dr Liisa Nurminen (Finland), Mrs Arja Simola (Finland), Ms Marianne Nilsen (Norway) and Ms Anne Katrine Jensen (Norway).

Angora goat (mohair)

Chairman: Dr Daniel Allain (France)

Participants: Mrs Jill King (UK), Mrs Helen swallow (UK), Mr Christian Julia (France), Mr Andre Billant (France), Mr Marco Dumont (France), Ms Annette Holmenlund (Denmark), Mr Christian Aabo (Finland) and Dr Joao Pedro Varzea Rodrigues (Portugal).

Cashmere goat

Chairman: Dr John Milne (UK)

Participants: Dr Margaret Merchant (UK), Dr Stephen Bishop (UK), Dr Ho Phan (Germany), Prof. Raffaele Celi (Italy), Dr Lars Olav Eik (Norway), Dr Tormod Aadnoey (Norway), Dr Clara Diaz (Spain) and Ms Sigrid Lammer (Germany).

Fine wool

Chairman: Dr Angus Russel (UK)

Participants: Mr Joseph Remillon (France), Mr Herve Tripard (France), Mr Damien Theurkauff (France), Mr Francis Personne (France), Dr Marja-Leena Puntila (Finland), Prof. Dr Peter Horst (Germany), Ms Claire Souchet (UK), Mr Fergus Wood (UK), Mr Luis Pinto de Andrade (Portugal) and Ms Almudena Moreno (Spain).

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Report

• Introduction
• Presentations
• Reports on workshop sessions
• Conclusion

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