DYNAMICS OF SHEEP LIVE WEIGHT WHEN USING SEEDED PASTURES ON THE BASIS OF SHEEP-BREEDING MODEL FARMS IN THE SOUTH OF KA-ZAKHSTAN

Abstract

The article provides data on the study of the live weight dynamics in sheep when using seeded pastures. It was established that the weight gain in sheep, depending on their keeping in different types of pastures at different periods of vegetation growth and development, does not increase equally.

In the conditions of southern Kazakhstan, one of the most important branches of ani-mal husbandry is sheep breeding, which is based practically on year-round use of pasture dif-ferent types. However, the forage productivity of these pastures with unsystematic use is sig-nificantly reduced. It should be noted that the methods developed for the rational use of pas-

tures to date are too general and poorly take into account the specific environmental situation in various natural areas.

Under the current form of management, not all forms of agricultural formation that have certain land-use boundaries have two or more types of pasture. Most of them are located on one type of pasture, that is, one season of use, which complicates the uninterrupted supply of pasture feed in other seasons of the year.