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EFFN The development of breeding schemes for improving European speciality animal fibres Workshop IV Escola Superiore Agraria de Castelo Branco, Portugal, 7-9 October 1999 European Fine Fibre Network, Workshop IV, Castelo Branco Portugal. October 1999 II The development of breeding schemes for improving European Speciality Fibres The development of breeding schemes for improving European speciality animal fibres Introduction to the workshop This workshop was the last in the current series of workshops of the European Fine Fibre Network. The Network, a “Thematic network”of the European Commission, DGVI”, was set up in early 1997 to establish common protocols for measuring fibre traits and data recording in breeding programmes for different fibre types, e.g. fine wool, cashmere, mohair and angora, and to encourage the widespread use of the OFDA fibre measurement technology The workshop series has established a framework for collaboration between researchers and breeding groups in eight EU countries and Norway. The OFDA fibre measurement technology has been demonstrated to perform well for affordable and accurate fibre diameter measurements in a form appropriate for the objective selection of breeding animals. Comprehensive sets of EU-wide performance traits in breeding programmes for cashmere and mohair goats, fine wool sheep and Angora rabbits have been established, and common data formats and sampling protocols for parameter recording have been agreed. This final workshop was an opportunity to discuss how harmonisation of the genetic improvement schemes will be used in the future to enhance the quality and competitiveness of European speciality fibres. Plans were developed for the further implementation of