Evaluation of Performance and Potential Development of Local Sheep in Kaliangkrik District

Abstract

: This study aimed to evaluate the performance and potential of development local sheep in sub-district Kaliangkrik. Respondents were taken from sheep farmers in the village Munggangsari and Wonocoyo with the number of livestock ownership of at least two tails. This study used a survey method, with sampling of respondents in the census. The results showed the average number of sheep ownership as much as 0.47 animal units (AU) with a range of 0.14 AU to 1.15 AU. The largest population structure is lamb (25.66%), ewe (23.03%), ram (18.61%), ram lamb (16.92%) and ewe lamb (15.79%). Sex ratio of ram: ewe is 1:1.5 for adult sheep and 1:1.2 for lambs. Weight of ram is 26.75 kg and ewes 26.37 kg; weight of male lamb is 8.42 kg, with average daily gain (ADG) 48.11 g/head/day, while the female lamb 6.61 kg with ADG 44.13 g/head/day. The average sheep lambing interval was 8.4 months, with an average litter size of 1.3 tails. Based on the calculation of the adequacy of feed, the obtained level of sufficiency (feed production ratio and feed requirement) is 1.89, which means the area has adequate feed production. It was concluded that sheep productivity was good enough and potentially to be developed in Kaliangkrik region.