Published in Scientific Papers. Series D. Animal Science, Vol. LXIV, Issue 1
Written by Constantin PASCAL, Alexandru Marian FLOREA, Ionică NECHIFOR, Costică CRISTIAN
The research aimed to make a more complex assessment of the current breed status of a new sheep population with very good milk production skills. The population concerned represented the result of research activity to form a new breed with superior skills in milk production. The biological material was represented by a significant number of 1200 females and 58 breeding rams. This herd is part of the living stock and is registered in the Genealogical Register. The data processing was done by methods accepted by the experimental technique. From the data processing, it results that the actual size of the new type population is placed at the level that allows the application of a sustained selection program. For this indicator, the average values show that the new population is evolving very well in other areas, where the pedoclimatic conditions are slightly different from those in the training area. The average value of the actual size varies depending on the holding and the area, from the minimum of 105.88 for the populations outside the training area to 115.16 for the analyzed herd in the training area.
[Read full article] [Citation]
