Suitability of different breeds of sheep and their crosses for producing quality carcasses and lamb Project leader Daina Kairiša Duration 2018 - 2018 Research focus 2. Preservation of biological diversity in agro- and forest biocenoses, ecosystem protection and services Source of funding Ministry of Agriculture projects Project partners Latvijas aitu audzētāju asociācija Description of project The aim of research To determine which of the sheep breeds and their crossbreeds raised in Latvia are suitable for obtaining high-quality carcasses and meat. The tasks of project: To achieve the project goal, lambs will be selected from Latvian meat-type breeds, a fattening trial, and animals will be grouped based on feed efficiency; Pre-grouped animals will be evaluated for phenotypic parameters, possible genetic markers (using next-generation sequencing), molecular markers for metabolic efficiency and product quality (body weight, height, fat content); Chemical and biochemical analysis of biological samples (blood, serum, stool samples) will be performed. Results Bārzdiņa D., Kairiša D. (2023) Analysis of scrapie resistance and productivity of Latvian dark head breed old type sheep compliant to the conservation of the genetic resources. Agronomy Research, Vol. 21(X), https://doi.org/10.15159/AR.23.071 Vecvagars J., Bārzdiņa D., Kairiša D. (2018) Meat chemical composition of pasture pure lambs and crossbreeds. Agronomy Research, Vol.16(Special Issue 2), p.1527.-1533Kairiša D., Aplociņa E. (2018) Efficiency of the use of field beans in fattening lambs. Agronomy Research, Vol. 16(4), p.1698.-1707Bārzdiņa, D., Kairiša D. (2018) Jēra gaļas organoleptisko īpašību analīze. Līdzsvarota lauksaimniecība: zinātniski praktiskās konferences tēzes, Jelgava, Latvija, 22.02.2018/ Latvijas Lauksaimniecības universitāte. Lauksaimniecības fakultāte. Latvijas Agronomu biedrība. Latvijas Lauksaimniecības un meža zinātņu akadēmija. - Jelgava, 2018. - 64.lpp. Bārzdiņa D., Kairiša D., Vecvagars J. (2018) The lamb fattening results of different origin Latvia dark head sheep. Book of abstracts of the 69th annual meeting of the European Federation of Animal Science, Dubrovnik, Croatia, 27- 31 August 2018/ Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Croatia. Croatian Agricultural Agency. University of Zagreb, Faculty of Agriculture. - Wageningen, 2018. - Session 04, Poster 19, 135 pp. Vecvagars J., Bārzdiņa D., Kairiša D. (2018) Meat chemical composition of pasture pure lambs and crossbreeds. 9th International conference "Biosystems Engineering 2018": book of abstracts, Tartu, Estonia, 9–11 May 2018/ Estonian University of Life Sciences. - Tartu, 2018. - 193 pp.
