DOI: 10.26155/vet.zoo.bio.202006006
UDC 636.32 / .38.082.3
Authors
N. I. Kravchenko
Doctor of Agricultural Sciences, Honored Worker of Science of the Kuban,
Senior Researcher, Department of Breeding and Genetics of
Agricultural Animals, Krasnodar Research Centre
for Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine,
Krasnodar, Russian Federation
Abstract
The paper presents materials characterizing the new genotype of multiparous sheep, created in the South of Russia. Multiparous sheep of a new genotype combine the high fertility of XNUMX–XNUMX lambs per XNUMX ewes, production of mutton in live weight of XNUMX–XNUMX kg per initial sheep and XNUMX–XNUMX kg per ewe, profitability of over XNUMX%, high meat productivity by XNUMX%, with white uniform wool (fineness XNUMX–XNUMX grade), polyestrous characteristics, ease of lambing, milkability and a reduced level of wool coefficient (XNUMX– XNUMX g/kg), characteristic of early mature meat-and-wool sheep.
Keywords
sheep, a new genotype, multiparous characteristics, meat early maturity, lamb production, coat, profitability.
