Productivity of young meat and wool sheep of different genotypes

Abstract

Relevance and methods . The article presents the results of a study of the meat productivity of rams aged 4.5 months. and wool productivity of bright-year-olds obtained from the selection of queens of akzhaik meat-wool sheep with producers of akzhaik, north caucasian and kuibyshev breeds. Results . A study of the meat and wool productivity of young animals obtained from different options for the selection of parental pairs showed the influence of sheep-producers on improving meat qualities and increasing wool cuts. The carcasses of all the rams were well formed and characterized the sheep of the meatwool direction of productivity with the best slaughter rates from the producers of the kuibyshev breed. The best indicators of wool productivity were offspring of north caucasian sheep. In general, bright-year-old wool was typical of crossbred, with fine fineness and overall staple equalization. According to its physical and technical properties, it meets the requirements of the textile industry for normal homogeneous semi-fine wool.