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.
