Authors:
L. A. Pashkova
North Caucasus Federal Agrarian Research Centre, Mikhaylovsk, Russia *E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Abstract. The purpose of the research was to develop a method for increasing the meat productivity of sheep under various housing systems. Methods. All studies were conducted according to generally accepted methods. The experimental population of rams of the control and experimental groups was kept until the age of 3 months together with ewes on the pasture (suckling period) with further weaning at the age of 3 months. Further, the rams were divided according to the technologies of keeping: the control group – pasture (graziery), and the experimental group – indoor maintenance (fattening) up to 4 months of age, followed by control slaughter. Monthly weighing of the experimental young rams livestock was carried out. Results. The research work showed that the use of this technological method significantly contributed in increasing average gain and live weight, respectively, by 6.6 % (20 g) and 5.7 % (2.3 kg) and as a result, slaughter weight – by 9.2 % (1.6 kg) in young rams from the experimental group in comparison with analogues of the control group. Chemical, amino acid and microstructural analyses of samples of the longissimus of the livestock showed that the specimens of the young rams of the experimental group had the best food and market advantages. The efficiency of using this technological method is also confirmed by the calculated economic indicators – the difference in the level of profitability was 7.9 % in favor of the rams of the experimental group. The scientific novelty of the research work is a detailed study of the indicators of meat productivity under the influence of this technological method with the justification of its application and the introduction of both scientific and practical contributions to the development of sheep farming.
Keywords: sheep breeding, housing system, lamb meat, fattening, graziery, average gain, slaughter weight, profitability.
For citation: Pashkova L. A. Tekhnologicheskie priemy uvelicheniya myasnoy produktivnosti ovets pri pozdnikh srokakh yagneniya [Technological methods of increasing the meat productivity of sheep in late lambing periods] // Agrarian Bulletin of the Urals. 2021. No. 06 (209). Pp. 61‒70. DOI: 10.32417/1997-4868-2021-209-06-61-70. (In Russian.)
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