Finnish landrace × border leicester rams as sires of crossbred ewes.docVIP

THE PRODUCTIVITY EAST FRIESLAND FOR LAMB AND OF BORDER LEICESTER X CHEVIOT, FINN X X The University of Leeds, Department of Animal Experiments have been carried out over 8 years to investigate systems of lamb production designed to make the fullest use of grassland, based on high levels of prolificacy of the ewes and East Fviesland /Blackface crosses possess the necessary attributes of prolificacy and high milk yield, but the smaller size of the latter enables higher output per hectare to be obtained. The Finn fat lambproduction, buthave merit for producing ? store u lambs for subsequent winter fattening- IBlacklace cross, despite higher prolificacy and smaller size, are less efficient for suckled REPRODUCTION AND ADAPTATION ABILITIES OF EASTFRIESIAN SHEEP IN THE jadnr;SR Research Institute of Animal Production Praha io-Uhrineves, CSSR. During the years 1969-1975 the prolificity and adaptability of 42 sheep, 14 rams and their GDR imported In our country this animals were kept The individual 5-1 1 6-9 took place. The lambs were2, kept till to the age of 4 months with their mothers. The daily 55 q2 sheep: 47058kg dry matter, o,i kg 10 ,1 kg Ste; for protein and 1 kg dry matter, o,i kg digestible protein andi,okg Ste. Imported sheep: Average recurrence oi oestrus till to the conception (I-V lambing) occured ,2 61,7 per times. 1 128, amounted to per cent. cent of sheep became pregnant. The prolificity of the tupped sheep 3, Exit of lambs 35 per cent. Sheep born in our , country: Average occurence of oestrus till to the conception (I-V lambing) 9375 i,o6 times. cent of became The amounted to. per per cent and the exit of lambs ,43 adaptability of the imported Eastfviesian sheep to the herd breeding is especially in the worse conditions the efficiency and disease-resistance and the in which case state of health are reduced. If the Eastfviesian sheep and lambs