STUDIES ON GENETIC POTENTIALS OF L 0 CA L BREEDS OF SHEEP/GOA1 OF QUETTA

Abstract

The results of the data collected on three different stocks of goat and four stocks of sheep, farmed at three different localities around Quetta are presentee on the interstock variations in adult weight, seasonal/pregnancy associated variations in adult weights; the growth pattern, growth rates and reproductive performances including female fertility rate, once/twice a year lambing/kidding pattern, single/twin/ tripple births, and the number of lambs produced/female/year. Limited data has been presented on sheep wool production, haematologiut1 characters (glucose level, haemoglobin level, RBC/WBC counts and ESR) in sheep/Oats and'milA analysis (fat, Non fat solid, Total :solids, pH) in sheep. It has been suggested that these stocks of sheep/goat are compareable if the general economic characters with other breeds, maintained in Pakistan, and there is a wide variation in intrastock animals, which can support the future improvement programmes of the economic potential:, of the stuLkL.. The stocks/ farmers appear to be fully adapted to the general conditions around, and there appears to be some degree of improvement of stock through organized breeding programme is not being followed. Future research needs have also been suggested.