Rate of profitability of Karakachan sheep rearing | Икономическа ефективност на отглеждането на Каракачанската порода овце
Odzhakova, Ts., Experimental Station of Agriculture and Animal Husbandry, Smolyan (Bulgaria) | Popova, J., Agricultural Institute, Stara Zagora (Bulgaria) | Laleva, S., Agricultural Institute, Stara Zagora (Bulgaria) | Slavova, P., Agricultural Institute, Stara Zagora (Bulgaria) | Dimova, V., Thracian University, Stara Zagora (Bulgaria)
The rate of profitability of rearing the Karakachan breed of sheep was analysed. The objective of the study was the Karakachan flock at the Experimental Station of Agriculture and Animal Husbandry - Smolian, which consists of 150 ewes and 80 lambs and yearlings. The animals were reared in the barn and on the pasture. The feeding was according to the productivity, physiological stage and the age of the animals. The animals were served by two shepherds. The income and expenses were estimated based on the 2007 ruling prices. It was found that: - The rearing of animals from the Karakachan sheep breed is economically profitable under the conditions of the study. - Care should be taken to protect the lambs born and to increase the number of the realized lambs per ewe per year. - For maintaining of the number of the Karakachan breed it is necessary to utilize the means from Measure 214 - Agroecological payment of the Programme for development of the rural regions for the period 2007-2013.
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