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Sheep Breeding Department

Scientiests and specialists

• Prof., Ph.D. Emilya Raicheva - head of department
• Res. Assoc. Tanya Ivanova
• Res. Assoc. Nikola Metodiev
• Senior expert Miroslava Mirkova
• Senior expert Galina Slavova
• Senior expert Elena Kamenova

Research activities

• Breeding and selection of different sheep breeds
• Genetic improvement of sheep breeds
• Developing of and applying of systems for preservation and keeping of local breeds
• Estimation of quantity and qualitative of the sheep production (meat, milk and wool) by modern methods
• Assessment of composition and property of the sheep milk and morphologic characteristic of the udder
• In vivo estimation of sheep and carcass estimation according to system (S)EUROP
• Study on different aspects of sheep reproduction
• Applying of different schemes for estrus synchronization and timed artificial insemination
• Economic estimation of the effectiveness of sheep production

The scientists from the department “Sheep breeding” participate in: author teams for creation and elaboration of Bulgarian sheep breeds; developing of selection programs and normative documents in the area of sheep breeding; consultations to the farmers and training courses for classifiers of the carcasses according to the system (S) EUROP. The department offers scientific products and elite breeding animals for sheep practice.