PRESENT STATUS, PROBLEMS AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE SYNTHETIC POPULATION BULGARIAN MILK SHEEP FROM THE HERDS OF AGRICULTURAL ACCADEMY

N. Stancheva, Е. Raicheva, S. Laleva, М. Iliev, G. Kalaydhziev, Т. Ivanova

Abstract: Thorough analysis has been carried out to evaluate the current status of the Synthetic Population Bulgarian Milk Sheep (SPBMS) bred on the institutional farms within Agricultural Academy – the only entities directing real breeding process in consideration of the administered selection objectives. The achieved parameters of the main productive traits have established them as best ram producers and most typical for the breed. Selection is to be generally focused on the improvement of milk yield and fertility, as a second economic trait. The main and the most pressing problems relevant to the realization of this task have been determined. Within the organizations conducting the breeding process in the SPBMS, no adequate responsive reaction to the major issues can be ensured. It is necessary to develop an integrated strategy clearly prioritizing the selection objectives and outlining the means of their fulfillment, for the development of SPBMS the in perspective. In the present hard times for the farmers, they need science to be at hand. The cooperation among the state, represented by the Ministry of Agriculture, the breeding organizations, the institutes, and the farmers in the development and improvement of SPBMS is the positive approach towards solving the problems. Exploiting the expertise of the scientific panels in the process of solving the main problems in the different spheres is the path to establish the contemporary agricultural science as a factor and generator of the symbiosis between science and practice.

Keywords: breeding process; problems; productivity; Synthetic Population Bulgarian Milk Sheep

Date published: 2017-05-16