Exterior features and productivity of the Kazakh fine-wool breed of sheep and its crossbreeds with meat breeds

Abstract

The article presents the dynamics of changes in live weight for a year, measurements, body build indices and productivity of one-year-old pure-bred Kazakh fine-wool female lambs and crossbreeds of different bloods with German meat merino, when creating a fine-wool meat sheep breed in the south-east of Kazakhstan - “Etti merino”. The resulting crossbred offspring are characterized as large animals, with a high live weight and good meat forms.