Research papers

Synthetic Pyrethroids, Organochlorines, Diflubenzuron & Triflumuron on Raw Wool Relationship btw Greasy & Processed Dark Fibre Contamination from DAMARA Crossbreds in Merino Wool Australian Wool Innovation 2004 Global Survey of Dark & Medullated Fibres...

FAQs

Fibre Contamination cause? Both dark and medullated fibre contamination cause problems for the manufacturer. A single dark fibre in a white/pastel fabric will appear as a thin dark line if lying on the surface of the yarn or as a dark smudge if it lies...

Relationship Between Greasy & Processed Dark Fibre Contamination from DAMARA Crossbred Lambs in Merino Wool

Dark Fibre Contamination in Wool - Its Prediction & Ramifications

Dark Fibre Control in Sheep & Wool

Dark Fibre Risk & Prediction

Preparation & Dark Fibre Contamination

Dark & Medullated Fibre Risk Scheme

Australian Merino wool has enjoyed a high reputation and price premium for more than one hundred years because it produced wool tops with low levels of dark and medullated fibre contamination. Recently, early and later stage processors of Australian...

Dark & Medullated Fibre

The Dark Fibre Testing service offered by AWTA is targeted at white-wool growers who are attempting to manage contamination from exotic sheep breeds, or who wish to monitor the contamination in lots carrying a high risk of contamination. Two...

Managing the Risk of Dark & or Medullated Fibre Contamination

Dark & Medullated Fibre Contamination in Merino Fleece from Damara Crossbred Lambs; Top & Noil Products

Status Report on Dark & Medullated Fibre Testing of Presale Core Samples and Review of the Detection Threshold

Update of Progress in Dark & Medullated Fibre Risk Project

The Precision of Dark & Medullated Fibre Testing of Noil

Declaration Rates

Property Identification Code (PIC) transmission rates: AWTA stores PICs that are declared by sellers as part of the presale testing process. Only the code is stored in AWTA's database and it remains anonymous as we have no means of identifying or...

Raw Wool Terms August 2013

Services

AWTA Raw Wool provides independent and objective wool certification services. Major services provided are sampling, testing and certifying the yield, fibre diameter, vegetable matter content, staple length and staple strength of greasy wool before it...