Background: Wool fiber is being used by humans for the manufacture of clothing and other textile materials for warmth, fashion/luxury, etc. The wool commonly available usually comes from the different breeds of sheep, however, large quantities of other natural animal fibers i.e. from goats and camelids, are also found in clothing and textile material, sometimes used alone or in combination with other wool. Pashmina or Cashmere, is the downy winter fleece of Asiatic mountain goats of various breeds (Millar, 1986) considered as one of the finest and softest animal fibers known to the textile industry (Watkins and Buxton, 1992; Frank, 2001; McGregor, 2001; Ross, 2005). The animal fiber from mountain goats is considered as special hair fibers for apparel products and is highly demanded for its superfluous beauty, soft texture, resilience, luster, and artisan's craft used for apparel products.

Pashmina Goat:

Pashmina goats have been herded for centuries by nomadic pastoralists in the freezing, arid climate of the trans- Himalayan region for harvesting very fine Pashmina goat fiber also known as cashmere as an important source of income.