New video on our channel: Tajik Meat and Wool Sheep – How is it Breeded in Tajikistan? The Legacy of Gulam Aliyev

Tajik MEAT and wool sheep. Sheep breeding and management in Tajikistan: breed history, conformation, feeding, mating, pastures, veterinary care, and breeding .

The video was filmed in the Rudaki district of Tajikistan, at the Esanboy 1 commercial cooperative, which breeds the Tajik sheep breed. Featured are Nodirshho Davlyatshoev, a senior researcher at the Institute of Livestock and Pastures at the Tajik Academy of Agricultural Sciences, and farmer Firdavs Makhmadshoev.

This book examines in detail the origins and history of the Tajik sheep breed, developed from the Gissar, Sarajin, and Lincoln sheep under the leadership of Academician Gulyam Alievich Aliyev. The breed was approved in 1964. Its characteristics are discussed, including meat, fat, and wool profile, conformation, ram and ewes' weight, wool yield, and fertility.

Breeding work occupies a special place: mating, ram selection, tattooing, ear notching, tags, annual testing, and quality control of sires. Veterinary care includes vaccinations against brucellosis, anthrax, and other diseases.

Sheep breeding in Tajikistan is described in detail: summer grazing in the mountains, descent in the fall, and wintering in barns with daily grazing. The breed's hardiness, its ability to withstand frost and altitude changes, is emphasized.

Animal measurements are taken: chest depth, withers height, weight, and fat tail measurements. All of this demonstrates the value and potential of the Tajik sheep breed for modern sheep farming, provided that the wool is processed thoroughly.

The video details and demonstrates wool shearing: a ram's shear yield can reach 7 kilograms, and after cleaning, approximately 3.5–4 kilograms of clean wool is obtained. A ewe's shear yield is approximately 3–3.2 kilograms. The length of the down hair ranges from 5 to 8 centimeters, depending on age and shedding, sometimes reaching 12–13 centimeters.

Special attention is given to hybridization. Crossbreeding with argali is discussed and demonstrated. Argali hybrids are more resilient, capable of climbing to altitudes of 2,000–3,000 meters, and have a smaller fat tail and greater agility.

The issue of flock guarding by dogs is also addressed. Wolves attack in large packs of 10–15 individuals and can kill up to 40–50 animals in a single attack. The farm employs about six Sagidakhmard dogs: they guard the sheepfolds, pastures, and flocks. During lambing migrations, if lambing occurs, Sagidakhmard dogs remain with the ewe and lamb until the shepherd arrives, playing a key role in predator control.

⚡️From this video you will learn:
✔️The history of the creation of the meat-fat-wool Tajik sheep breed
✔️What is unique about the Tajik sheep breed compared to others
✔️How the characteristics of the meat-fat-wool direction were formed
✔️Feeding features of the Tajik sheep breed
✔️Mating of rams and selection of the best producers
✔️Requirements for the ewes of the Tajik sheep breed
✔️The role of breeding work in the development of the meat-fat-wool breed
✔️Why the Tajik sheep breed is valued for meat , lard and wool
✔️Use of wool of the Tajik sheep breed
✔️Caring for rams and ewes on farms in Tajikistan
✔️Veterinary science and disease prevention in sheep
✔️Conditions for keeping meat-fat-wool sheep
✔️Productivity of Tajik rams
✔️The role of Tajikistan's pastures in sheep breeding
✔️Scientific recognition of the meat-fat-wool Tajik sheep breed