Strategic conception of mutton production in China

Introduction: first, the current situation of mutton production in the past 17 years, the world's sheep industry has shifted from wool based to meat and wool based and then to meat based Since the 1990s, China's mutton sheep fever has increased, and scientific research and academic exchanges of mutton sheep have been active The production of mutton sheep in Shandong, Henan, Jiangsu, Sichuan and Hebei, Inner Mongolia, Xinjiang and Gansu, and the combination of agriculture and animal husbandry, developed rapidly As a new industry of animal husbandry in China, mutton sheep industry is gradually forming Mutton production increased from 380000 tons in 1979 to 531% In 1996, there were 2.4 million tons, an increase of 30.3373 million sheep on hand, accounting for 17.02% of the total number of Mianshan sheep in the world, ranking the first in the world 2 Main problems in mutton production: 1 Lack of special mutton breeds At present, the breeds used for mutton production in China are mainly local breeds, fine wool sheep, semi fine wool sheep and their hybrid progenies for fattening The meat production performance and production potential of some varieties play a great role in mutton production But compared with the specialized mutton sheep, there is still a big gap The specialized meat varieties have the characteristics of large size, fast growth and development, high meat production performance, tender meat and high fecundity In recent years, some meat sheep breeds such as Dorset, Suffolk, dexsel, Merino, Charolais and Boer goat have been introduced from abroad The introduced mutton sheep varieties have good adaptability and cross performance with local breeds, and are in the stage of experiment or small-scale application There is a big contradiction between the quantity and demand of mutton sheep 2 No specialized and serial mutton production system has been established At present, it is mainly small-scale household maintenance, which affects the application of some technologies 3 Mutton production level is low In 1996, the average carcass weight of sheep was 12kg in China, 15kg in the world and 30kg in the United States 3 Suggestions on the development strategy of mutton production in China 1 Establish a good breed breeding system of mutton sheep Give full play to the functions and functions of breed improvement station and artificial insemination station, make full use of the frozen semen of excellent mutton breeding sheep, improve the popularity rate of improved breeds, and give full play to the advantages of crossbreeding 2 Optimize the system of reproduction and utilization to achieve the best benefit of mutton production 3 Strengthen the research and application of comprehensive matching technology of mutton sheep 4 To develop and improve the contribution rate of scientific and technological progress in the direction of moderate scale operation and industrialization, establish and improve mutton processing and storage enterprises, and speed up the industrialization of mutton sheep 5 Strengthen the planning and guidance of the competent government departments for mutton production.