Effect of breed variation on Skin/leather Quality of Sudan Desert Sheep

Mohammed Alhadi Ebrahiem, Y. Turki, H.E. Haroun

Abstract


This study was carried out to estimate the effect of Sudan Desert sheep breed variations on skin/leather quality. One hundred and fifty (150) pieces of fresh skins from five non-castrated male of Sudan desert breeds (an average age of 1-1.2 years) were collected from west Sudan (Kordofan state) and east Sudan (Gezira and Butana). The results showed that, Fresh skin weight, elongation, tensile strength, flexibility, cracking, tear load, Moisture, fat and chrome oxide contents results were significantly affected (P ≥ 0.05) by breed variations. Thickness, Ash content findings were not significantly affected (P ≥ 0.05) by breed.


Keywords


Desert sheep, leather quality, breed variation, Sudan

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