REPRODUCTIVE QUALITIES OF QUEENS AND THE SAFETY OF YOUNG CAUCASIAN BREEDS OF DIFFERENT INTRABREED TYPES

The research was conducted in "New Life" of the Novouzensky district of the Saratov region. Purebred Caucasian queens of different intrabreed types mated with purebred sheep of the wool-meat type. The young were formed into groups: I – from wool-meat type queens; II – wool; III – meat-wool. An assessment of the fertility of queens and the safety of lambs showed that the wool-meat type had an advantage in the yield of young animals, compared with wool and meat-wool - 2.72 and 8.93%. Lambs of the wool-meat type had less waste by the age of 14 months relative to wool and meat-wool lambs. The safety from birth to one year was also high in young animals of the wool-meat type. Thus, the uterus and the young of the wool-meat type had higher reproductive qualities and safety.