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Multivariate Analysis for Fleece Types Classification in Argentine Llamas

Introduction

The types of cover or types of fleece have been identified in various species and breeds [1] and described in various works in cashmere-producing criollo goats [2], in alpacas [3] and in argentine Llamas [4,5]. The types of fleeces are made up of different types of fibers and at different frequencies within fiber types, in Llamas of Argentina [4]. Something similar happens with the types of fleece Huacaya and Suri in Alpacas [3].
In other species, such as sheep (Merino wool), the determination of types or styles are defined, from the textile point of view, through: the definition of the crimp of the staple or ‘character’, uniformity of the crimp, shape of the staple and of the tip, color of the contaminant, etc. [6,7,8].
It has been demonstrated that, the types of fleece defined subjectively as styles, are described objectively through different types of fibers that are differentiated by length, thickness, types of undulations, and presence-absence of luster. These macroscopic aspects are related to the types of scales, shape of the fiber and the medulla, which in turn are determined by the different types of follicles. The repeatability of objectively defined types of fleece is high and the types can be redefined as: double coated (DC), simple coated (SC) and luster (L) (standard or patterns types); hemilustre (HL) and intermediate coated (IC) as intermediates between L - SC and SC - DC respectively. The differentiation is made on the basis of the most representative types of fiber of each type of fleece without the frequency of these types of fibers having greater weight in the differentiation [9]. But, nevertheless, some doubts exist between South American Camelids breeders and fiber production researchers, who affirm that the separation is artificial (anecdotal reference).
When the classification of a particular item is a complex task is given by multiple variables or criteria, multivariate statistics is indicated to properly achieve the purpose [12]. In previous studies, this statistical methodology has been used, but only to separate the main types of fleece or patterns types (DC, SC and L) [9].
The objective of this work was to reclassify the types of fleece, previously defined, by means of the use of the greatest amount of morphological and productive variables measurable by application of the multivariate statistical methodology.

Materials and Methods

The starting of the types described fleece from phenotypically: double coated (DC), single coated (SC) and Luster (L) as patterns type; hemi luster (HL) and intermediate coated (IC) as intermediate between SC-L and SC-DC respectively [4,9].
Some 18 fleeces of the following types of fleece (TV) [4], are used: Double coated (DC, 3): Intermediate coated (IC, 4); Simple coated (SC, 4), Hemilustre (HL, 3) and Luster (L, 4). The mean diameter of total fiber (DMFT, μm) and the coefficient of variation of DMFT (CVT, %) were: DC: 21.7μm (35.6%), IC: 20.5μm (35.6%); SC: 23.3μm (27.1%), HL: 24.1μm (27.1%), L: 22.5μm (27.4%).
Four sub-samples of each type of previously defined fleece were described and their staples were dissected on velvet cloths. Previously defined types of fleeces were described based on the following visual description:
List of descriptive types of fleeces (5):
1. Double-coated fleeces (DC): guard or cover fibres highly prominent and visible, down fibres well-crimped, shorter and noticeably thinner than guard fibres.
2. Single-coated fleeces (SC): these are thick and this fibres, but all crimped. No clear differentiation between the two coats as in DC.
3. Intermediate-coated fleeces (IC): guard fibres not as visible as in DC, but also straight fibres, down fibres crimped but with similar length as the guard hairs, but they are thinner than in DC.
4. Lustre fleeces (L): Also called Suri, mostly in Alpacas. Thick and this fibres are straight, and a curled staple with thin and tapered tip can be seen.
5. Hemi lustre fleeces (HL): these are thick fibres and a great deal of straight fibres with only some of the thin fibres slightly crimped (more widely than SC).
They were separated from 10 to 20 fibers of each type of fiber (TF) spontaneously identified, totaling 961 dissected fibers. The emerged fibers were classified based on macroscopic characteristics: length, thickness, type of undulation (R/cm) and presence-absence and/or type of observable glass-opacity (luster) (shine).
Microscopic observations were added: type of medulla and its frequencies (MF), diameter of the fiber (FD) and medulla diameter (MD) and their relationships (MD/ FD) and by means of semiembedding (“cast”), the scales/100μm (SN) were counted, and the Haussman scale index (HI) expressed as SN/FD.
The height of the scale (SH) was performed by SEM according to Tonin et al. [11].
The fibers were weighed from 10 to 10 in a precision scale (0.1mg) (FW), and their densities (DF) and specific gravity (EspGrav) were calculated and the fibre frequencies (FF) were obtained.
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