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Productive and Biological Features of Kazakh Fine-Wool Sheep in the Conditions of the Almaty Region

Kairat Alimgozhaevich Iskakov1, Beibit Turganbekovich Kulatayev1, Gulshad Makhambetovna Zhumagaliyeva1 and Pere Miquel Pares Casanova1
  • 1 Kazakh National Agrarian University, 050010, Kazakhstan, Almaty, Abay Street, 8, Kazakhstan

Abstract

Kazakh fine-wool sheep bred in semiarid and desert zones of the Kazakhstan South-East are most widely spread in the Republic. However, most sheep do not satisfy the respective requirements of the breed in terms of productivity and especially reproductive capacity. Consequently, increasing the breeding performance and yield of commercial lambs is one of the most urgent issues in fine-wool sheep breeding. One of the tasks for scientists and agricultural specialists is to develop efficient methods to increase the reproductive capacity of fine-wool sheep and preserve lambs to the age of one year, one of the ways to increase the breeding performance being the selection of polycarpous pairs intended to accelerate the breeding rate for the mentioned product.

OnLine Journal of Biological Sciences
Volume 17 No. 3, 2017, 219-225

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3844/ojbsci.2017.219.225

Submitted On: 12 June 2017 Published On: 7 August 2017

How to Cite: Iskakov, K. A., Kulatayev, B. T., Zhumagaliyeva, G. M. & Casanova, P. M. P. (2017). Productive and Biological Features of Kazakh Fine-Wool Sheep in the Conditions of the Almaty Region. OnLine Journal of Biological Sciences, 17(3), 219-225. https://doi.org/10.3844/ojbsci.2017.219.225

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Keywords

  • Reproduction
  • Selection
  • Breeding
  • Birth Type
  • Body Weight
  • Preslaughter Weight
  • Carcass Weight
  • Carcass Yield
  • Visceral Fat