The structure and productivity of sheep husbandry in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (NCTR)

This study has been conducted in order to determine the structure and productivity characteristics of sheep husbandry in The Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (NCTR). Sheep farms in the provinces of Lefkosa, Guzelyurt, Girne, G. Magosa and Iskele have been analysed. The data used in analysis are obtained from 218 sheep farms. In sheep farms, fertility traits obtained such as infertility rate, fecundity, the number of lambs weaned per ewe mated and lamb mortality rate are 8.81, 1.17, 1.03 and 16.79%, respectively, growth traits as average marketing weight and marketing age are 39.33 kg and 147.11 days, respectively, milk yield traits as daily average milk yield, milking period and milk yield obtained by milking period are 0.67 kg/day, 96.67 day/year and 66.99 kg/year, respectively and average wool yield for ewe and ram are 1.37 and 2.55 kg, respectively. Average agricultural income per farm is 6281.72 NTL according to the prices of 2002 year of prices. © 2006 Asian Network for Scientific Information.