EVALUATION OF THE FUR QUALITIES IN THE ROMANOV SHEEP BREED OF THE BELARUSIAN SELECTION

The article features the study on the quality indicators of fur sheepskin in different age groups of Romanov sheep of the Belarusian selection. The average length, thickness and density of wool fibers, their ratio were deter-mined in young animals aged 6, 8 and 12 months, as well as in adult animals. The average indicators of the area and mass of sheepskin during the slaughter of young animals and adults of the Romanov breed were established. The results of the research on studying the fur coat qualities of sheepskin, obtained from sheep of the fur-meat direction of productivity of Belarusian breeding, will determine the approaches to the formation of the main technological processes for obtaining sheepskin of high quality.