MORPHOMETRIC CHARACTERISTICS OF AUTOCHTHONOUS SHEEP BREED IN PELAGONIA REGION IN R.N. MACEDONIA

Dameski, Pance and Zdraveski, Igor and Pejcinovska, Natasa and Karabolovski, Nikola and HRISTOVSKA, TALIJA and Dodovski, Petar and AVRAMOV, ALEKSANDAR MORPHOMETRIC CHARACTERISTICS OF AUTOCHTHONOUS SHEEP BREED IN PELAGONIA REGION IN R.N. MACEDONIA. ZAŠTITA AGROBIODIVERZITETA I OČUVANJE AUTOHTONIH RASA DOMAĆIH ŽIVOTINJA. pp. 121-128.

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Abstract

The purpose of this investigation was to determine the morphometric char�acterization of the autochthonous sheep breeds rearing in Pelagonia region.
Body measurements of body length (BL), wither height (WH), chest width (CW),
rump width (RW), chest depth (CD) and chest circumference (CC) were tak�en. Also, ethnological indices (Index of body frame – IBF, Chest index – CI) and
functional indices (Chest depth index – CDI, Index of thorax development – ITD,
Index of conformation – BCI – Baron-Crevat index) were calculated on 250 an�imals in total. Correlations between measured traits were also determined. Ac�cording the measurements and indices calculation, Pelagonia sheep breed are
characterized with rectangular body frame with long line, good skeletal fitness
accommodated for mountainous terrain and good thorax development indicat�ing on good capacity of the respiratory system. Strong positive correlation and
statistical significance was evident between chest index and chest width (r =
0,777) and strong correlation with statistical significance was also evident be�tween wither height and body length (r = 0,635). Results provided in this study
indicate that autochthonous sheep breed rearing in Pelagonia region corrob�orates with the morphological characteristics of Ovcepolian type of Pramenka
sheep breed.
Key words: autochthonous sheep breed, morphometric measures

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	Scientific Fields (Frascati) > Agricultural Sciences > Veterinary science
Divisions:	Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
Depositing User:	Mr Aleksandar Lozanovski
Date Deposited:	02 Mar 2022 22:36
Last Modified:	02 Mar 2022 22:36
URI:	https://eprints.uklo.edu.mk/id/eprint/6850

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