POTENTIALS AND PRESENCE OF SHEEP BREEDING
AND PRODUCTS IN TURKEY
Halit Deniz Şireli, Seyrani Koncagul, Muhittin Tutkun
Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Dicle, Diyarbakir, 21100, Turkey
hdsireli@gmail.com
In this study, it was intended to present general information about the products status, breeding systems and to propose recommendations for improvement of the potentials about sheep breeding. Based on the agricultural statistics by FAO, there is an important potential in terms of sheep breeding, the number of animals and the production value. According to 2010 figures, 2.1% of the world sheep population is in Turkey with the presence of 21.8 million sheep. As a result, based on the continuous decrease in the presence of sheep in Turkey, there is a decrease of 10% sheep over the previous year in 2010. In 2010, there is an increase of 10% in terms of sheep milk, a decrease of 9.2% sheep and goat meat and a decrease of 27% in terms of wool production comparing to the previous year
Keywords: Turkey; sheep product; sheep breeding
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