Published in Scientific Papers. Series D. Animal Science, Vol. LXIII, Issue 1
Written by Andrei PUIE, Ion RĂDUCUȚĂ, Alexandra POLIOPOL, Andrei MARMANDIU, Ion CĂLIN
The present paper aims to analyze the quantitative performances and aptitudes in the direction of milk production achieved by the Bălă ecotype of the Tsurcana breed. The quantitative analysis was performed on a sample of female sheep from the Bălă ecotype, selected from farms in the northwest region of Romania, respectively the Maramureș and Bistrița-Năsăud areas. In order to carry out the analysis, statistical data were extracted from the genealogical register, following indicators such as total milked milk production, lactation period, suckling period duration, milking period duration. The results of this study highlight that the average milk production calculated for the period 2016-2019 and for the selected sheep herd is 82 kg milk, according to the standard of the Tsurcana breed, using the t-statistic test for the selected sample. Thus, the data show a difference of approximately 12 kg of milk between the average milk production of the selected sheep from the Bălă ecotype and the average milk production of the Tsurcana breed, a difference which is statistically insignificant. Finally, we can see that the Bălă ecotype has a good performance in milk production within the breed standard.
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