Study of production characteristics of Qaraqul sheep and its comparison with Arab sheep in Samangan province

Sheep breeding is very common in Samangan province, the existence of forage pastures and the climate of Guara allows this job to have a high income, so many people are employed in it and make a living this way. The sheep breeds that are mostly bred in this province include Arab and Qaraqul. But in recent years, due to the sluggishness of the Qaraqol skin market, people have become less interested in raising Qaraqol sheep and, thinking that this sheep is not suitable for meat production and its other products are not very significant, they try to cultivate Qaraqol sheep with sheep. Cross the Arabs, which has endangered the survival of the Qaraqul sheep breed. This research makes it possible to identify and compare the production characteristics of the intended generations realistically and based on reliable findings, and to avoid unreliable and undocumented prejudices. It is clear that actions based on such prejudices lead to unfortunate and unpredictable consequences. The situation relied on and thus achieved the desired results the greatest importance of this research is to prevent the destruction of plasma mass of Qaraqol generation, which is compatible with our climatic and environmental conditions and has been cultivated since ancient times. The purpose of this study is to determine whether or not activities to replace Qaraqul sheep with Arab and other breed sheep are justified. Because this work has been going on for some time and has created the danger of extinction of the Qaraqul breed, various economic, environmental aspects and its dangers are studied to protect the plasma mass of native breeds of sheep. To conduct this research, three methods of observation, questionnaire and interview have been used. In general, the physical properties of lambs, namely the birth weight of lambs, lambing rate, dualism rate, lamb weight at six months of age, age of first calving, milk production, wool weight, wool fiber length, meat quality, grazing strength, Percentage of lambs mortality up to one year, weight loss in winter and carcass composition in three generations were considered. Digital scales were used for weighing and meters were used to measure fiber length. In the interview section, 60 experienced people with sheep, including 4 sheep owners, 4 shepherds from each district, which makes up a total of 60 people, were interviewed to collect figures and information on the subject. Two types of questionnaires were prepared. One type is related to livestock and the other type is related to livestock specialists, officials and livestock directorate of Samangan province, which included (90) people.