Animal Husbandry and Feed Science ›› 2020, Vol. 41 ›› Issue (3): 71-75.doi: 10.12160/j.issn.1672-5190.2020.03.014

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Investigation and Analysis on the Current Situation of Mutton Sheep Farming in Weixi County, Yunnan Province

QIAN Yi-xiang1, WANG Juan2, WANG Jin-rong3, WU Jing2, XIN Ai-guo2, MO Qiu-xiao1, YANG Xin4, SUN Qiang2   

  1. 1.Animal Science and Veterinary Institute of Deqen Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Yunnan Province,Shangri-la 674400,China;
    2.Yunnan Animal Science and Veterinary Institute,Kunming 650224,China;
    3.Animal Husbandry Station of Agricultural and Rural Bureau of Weixi County of Yunnan Province,Weixi 674600,China;
    4. Vocational and Technical Education College,Yunnan Normal University,Kunming 650092,China
  • Received:2020-03-10 Online:2020-05-30 Published:2020-06-17

Abstract: Mutton sheep farming is an important part of animal husbandry industry in Tibetan areas of Yunnan Province, and it is a significant source for farmers and herdsmen to increase their income and become rich. In order to understand the current situation of the mutton sheep industry in Weixi County, Yunnan Province, a total of 128 households from 47 villages in 10 towns were investigated by means of home visits and questionnaires. It was found that there were some existing problems in mutton sheep farming in Weixi County, such as lacking of effective genetic improvement planning, backward farming methods, deficient scale, low breeding efficiency and benefits. Suggestions on mutton sheep industry development in this region are proposed as follows enhancing the collection and protection of local sheep varieties with characteristics, strengthening the introduction and promotion of elite mutton sheep varieties, increasing standardization level of moderate-scale breeding, and improving the construction of technology research, development and promotion systems.

Key words: mutton sheep, current situation of farming, Weixi County

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