Textile attributes of the fibre of Huacaya white and coloured alpacas (Vicugna pacos) from the livestock fair of south Peru

The fibres of white (n = 143) and coloured (n = 100) Huacaya alpacas participating in the LVIII Livestock Fair of Southern Peru (FEGASUR) were characterized. The fibres were processed in the Fibre Laboratory of the Puno Regional Government. The frequencies were described under a fixed effects model...

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Autores: Quispe Coaquira, Jesús E., Castillo Paca, Paúl, Yana Viveros, William, Vilcanqui Mamani, Hugo, Apaza Zúñiga, Edgar, Quispe Roque, Diana M.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:Perú
Institución:Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
Repositorio:Revistas - Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:revistasinvestigacion.unmsm.edu.pe:article/20930
Acceso en línea:https://revistasinvestigacion.unmsm.edu.pe/index.php/veterinaria/article/view/20930
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:dispersion
curvature
camelids
highland plateau
Puno
dispersión
curvatura
camélidos
altiplano
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Sumario:The fibres of white (n = 143) and coloured (n = 100) Huacaya alpacas participating in the LVIII Livestock Fair of Southern Peru (FEGASUR) were characterized. The fibres were processed in the Fibre Laboratory of the Puno Regional Government. The frequencies were described under a fixed effects model (p <0.05). The frequency distributions of the fibre attributes differ from the normal curve to a different degree and depending on the variable, except for the Comfort Factor (CF), they show a tail bias to the right; being moderate the asymmetry of the Mean Diameter (MD) and slight asymmetry of the Index of Curvature (IC). Meanwhile, the dispersion variables, CF and Fibre length (LM) presented very asymmetric curves. White fibres show greater fineness than coloured fibres (p<0.05), without differences for the sex factor. The standard deviation of the mean diameter [SD (DM)] and the Coefficient of variation of the mean diameter [CV (DM)] of the white fibres had lower dispersion (p<0.05), while the CF and IC presented better values (p<0.05). The LM did not show differences between white and coloured fibres. The attributes, depending on the category of the alpacas, are related to age, except for CV(DM). It is concluded that the Huacaya alpacas of the breeding stock, white or coloured, differ from each other and are peculiar with respect to the reports that do not typify the type of herd.