Feasibility of utilizing advanced reproductive technologies for sheep breeding in Egypt. Part 1. Genetic and nutritional resources. | ||
| Egyptian Journal of Sheep and Goats Sciences | ||
| Article 12, Volume 14, Issue 1, April 2019, Pages 39-52 PDF (1.02 M) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejsgs.2019.33235 | ||
| Authors | ||
| A. G. Elshazly1; C. R. Youngs2, 3 | ||
| 1Iowa State University, Department of Animal Science, 2356B Kildee Hall, 806 Stange Rd, Ames, Iowa 50011-1178 USA. | ||
| 2Iowa State University, Department of Animal Science, 2356B Kildee Hall, 806 Stange Rd, Ames, Iowa 50011-1178 USA+ | ||
| 32Corresponding author:VOICE: 1-515-294-5541; FAX:1-515-294-4471 | ||
| Abstract | ||
| SUMMARY Sheep are a valuable livestock species because of their ability to convert forages, as well as feedstuffs not suitable for human consumption, into meat and milk that are important sources of human dietary protein. Sheep are the most abundant ruminant livestock species in Egypt, and great opportunity exists to enhance their productivity though implementation of a genetic improvement program utilizing the advanced reproductive technologies of artificial insemination and embryo transfer. These two reproductive technologies permit the production of more offspring from genetically superior animals in a shorter amount of time than would be possible through conventional breeding. It will be important to match the appropriate breeds of sheep with the proper nutritional and production environments that will enable animals to express their full genetic potential for enhanced production of meat, milk and fiber. | ||
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