Conference paper
THE EFFECT OF FLOCK SIZE ON THE STRATEGIES OF MANAGEMENT
S. Kukovics
; Research Institute for Animal Breeding and Nutrition,Hungary
A. Molnar
; Research Institute for Animal Breeding and Nutrition, Hungary
M. Abraham
; Research Institute for Animal Breeding and Nutrition, Hungary
A. Javor
; Debrecen University of Agricultural Sciences,Hungary
Abstract
The majority of sheep population were kept on big (state and cooperative) farms up to the end of 80' s. After the reorganization of the Hungarian agriculture the private breeders/owners became dominating and they owned the bigger part of ewe population in mid 90' s. About 10% of the total number of sheep farms were studied regarding the management traits used and the data were summarized in 1994. There were 9 categories created (700 farms with 1000 000 ewes) from " 1 -20 heads" up to "above 3 000" heads of ewes. The breed structure (merinos, meat-, milk-and native sheep breeds), the status of property (own and/or rented animals, barns and land), the utilized lambing seasons and lambing systems, the labour situation, the quality and origin of rams and feeds were analized accompanied by the distribution of membership in different organizations. The studied traits were significantly effected by the size off locks.
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Hrčak ID:
164143
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Publication date:
17.1.1996.
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