FORMATION OF PRODUCTIVE QUALITIES OF ASKANIAN FINE-WOOLED SHEEP OF THE TAURIAN TYPE DEPENDING ON THE ORIGIN

Abstract

Basic information on the patterns of growth and development of sheep and the formation of their productive qualities depend-ing on their linear origin and the impact of heredity of breeding sheep. For the first time in the conditions of the breeding plant, de-pending on the linear origin, a comparative evaluation of sheep of the Askanian fine-wooled breed of the Taurian type on the indica-tors of growth, development and wool productivity was carried out. The genetic potential of lines on the basis of productivity and the degree of their implementation in the process of ontogenesis was determined. Wool productivity was observed in high and medium values in different sex and age groups of sheep, depending on their linear affiliation. Improvement of this indicator can be carried out with the maximum use in breeding of the sheep population of in-line combinations of animals of lines №227, 369, 375, 0517, 1444.