From: Effects of melatonin implantation on cashmere yield, fibre characteristics, duration of cashmere growth as well as growth and reproductive performance of Inner Mongolian cashmere goats
Group
Initiation date
Cessation date
Duration of growth, days
Cashmere growth rate, mm/d
Control
July 2, 2013a
March 27, 2014
270b
0.36
Melatonin
May 18, 2013b
March 22, 2014
307a
0.37
S.E.M2
4.03
6.03
5.14
0.015
P-value
<0.01
0.42
0.29