Fleece Information

“Riverina Fleece Testing Services” (RFTS), of Albury-Wodonga (twin cities straddling the NSW-Victoria State border), has tested all Orrapoora’s and Orrapoora’s agistees’ fleece samples since 1998, and has kindly granted permission for us to reproduce content from its very informative “Info Pak” book.

NOTES:

	Minor editing such as corrections of typographical and grammatical errors in the original work may have occurred during preparation of material for this website.
	Where appropriate, the original words “ram”, “rams”, “ewe”, “ewes”; and “sheep” have been replaced by “sire”, “sires”, “dam”, “dams”, and “alpaca(s)” respectively.
	Where appropriate, the word “wool” has been replaced by “fleece”.
	Orrapoora Alpacas, Airlie Group Holdings Pty Limited, affiliates and associates do not benefit financially or in any other way by making any information provided by Riverina Fleece Testing Services, including business and contact details, available on this website. All content on this website is provided as a service only.

About the RFTS

RFTS Contact Details
RFTS Business Profile

About the Testing Procedure

Fleece Sample Site
Optical Fibre Diameter Analyser (OFDA)
Lab Procedures
Pointers to Ponder

About Fleece

Fleece Sampling Terminology
What is Spinning Fineness (SF)?
What is Crimp?
What is Fibre Curvature?