Raising sheep in environmentally friendly conditions of Eastern Transbaikalia

¹ Trans-Baikal agrarian Institute – a branch of the Irkutsk state agrarian university named after A.A. Yezhevsky, Chita, 672023, Russia
² Kuban State Agrarian University named after I.T. Trubilina, Krasnodar, 350044, Russia
³ Irkutsk state agrarian university named after A.A. Yezhevsky, Irkutsk, 664038, Russia

^* Corresponding author: tatyana_zabai@mail.ru

Abstract

A comprehensive assessment was carried out on a population of purebred sheep of the Trans-Baikal breed of the intra-breed Hangilsky type. 7985 heads were subject to a comprehensive assessment, of which there were 5211 heads of ewes, 859 heads of overage ewes, 1832 heads of 1.5- year-old ewes, 41 heads of main and sample breeding rams and 42 heads of replacement rams. The sheep were assessed in the second half of June 2022. before shearing, according to the “Procedure and conditions for the assessment of breeding sheep of fine-fleece, semi-fine-fleece breeds and breeds of meat productivity” dated 10/05/2010 No. 335, as amended from 05/30/2013 No. 235. As a result, the characteristics of the herd were comprehensively studied and given Khangil meat-haired type of the Transbaikal breed. The assessment data showed that the flock of sheep in question was represented mainly by animals of the desired type. The examined adult population of sheep had a strong, dense constitution, which was expressed, first of all, in a lightweight, but slightly rough skeleton and dense, fairly thin skin, which produces rather thick, thin wool.