STUDY OF THE PARAMETERS OF ECONOMICALLY USEFUL SIGNS OF THE QIGAI SHEEP BREED

Kairat Iskakov; Alma Katasheva; Murat Kalmagambetov; Beibit Kulataev

doi:10.37884/2-2026/02

Abstract

The results of experiments conducted to study the fertility of queens have shown that, depending on the class affiliation, the yield of lambs per 100 surrounding queens ranges from 111-105.4%. It should be noted that the largest number of lambs was obtained from queens of the selected elite group (111%), which is 5.6% higher than the number of lambs obtained from queens of the first class. A varietal analysis of the passport runes showed that with a decrease (coarsening) of the wool tone, the specific weight of the based variety decreases: the yield of the latter in the runes of sheep of 56-50 qualities was 73.9%, in the runes of 48 qualities - 69.8%. Breeding groups of sheep of the desired type with a live weight of 55 ± 0.13 kg, with a shorn coat of 2.4 kg.

In the process of breeding the breed's population, an array of animals adapted to the natural and climatic conditions of the regions has been developed, with good productive qualities, and further breeding of animals of this breed is aimed at improving competitive productivity indicators (meat and dairy productivity, which is gaining importance). without deterioration of the quality characteristics of wool. In general, the fecundity of the wool-meat "Kazakh type" of Qigai sheep is at the level of other wool-meat semi-fine sheep breeds.

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01 Introduction

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02 References

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[2] Bogolyubsky S.N. (1963). On the growth and development of sheep. ― M: Publishing House of Agricultural Literature, Magazines and Posters, 1963. Рp.46–62 [in Russ.].

[3] Černá, M., Margetín, M., Veselá, Z., & Milerski, M. (2023). Effects of crossbreeding on milk production of sheep. Czech Journal of Animal Science. 68(10). 407-413. doi: 10.17221/39/2023-CJAS [in Eng.].

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[5] Larsson, M. N. A., Morell Miranda, P., Pan, L., Başak Vural, K., Kaptan, D., Rodrigues Soares, A. E., Kivikero, H., Kantanen, J., Somel, M., Özer, F., Johansson, A. M., Storå, J., & Günther, T. (2024). Ancient Sheep Genomes Reveal Four Millennia of North European Short-Tailed Sheep in the Baltic Sea Region. Genome biology and evolution, 16(6). evae114. https://doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evae114 [in Eng.].

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[8] Orfinskaya O. V. (2024). Archaeological textiles as an indicator of social relations and religious beliefs in Egypt. Egypt and Neighboring Countries. (1). 104–118. doi: 10.24412/2686-9276-2024-00005 [in Russ.].

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[13] Xu, S., Akhatayeva, Z., Liu, J., Feng, X., Yu, Y., Badaoui, B., Esmailizadeh, A., Kantanen, J., Amills, M., Lenstra, J.A., Johansson, A.M., Coltman, D.W., Liu, G.E., Curik, I., Orozco-terWengel, P., Paiva, S.R., Zinovieva, N.A., Zhang, L., Yang, J., Liu, Z., Li, M. (2025). Genetic advancements and future directions in ruminant livestock breeding: from reference genomes to multiomics innovations. ― Science China. Life sciences, 68(4), 934–960. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11427-024-2744-4 [in Eng.].

[14] Zengkui Lu. Yaojing Yue. Haina Shi. Jinxia Zhang. Tiaoguo Liu. Jianbin Liu. And Bohui Yang (2022). Effects of Sheep Sires on Muscle Fiber Characteristics // Fatty Acid Composition and Volatile Flavor Compounds in F1 Crossbred Lambs Foods 2022. 11(24), 4076; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods11244076 [in Eng.]