Optimization of Selection Plan Components for Palas Meat Line

Authors

  • Răzvan Popa University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Bucharest, Faculty of Animal Sciences, 011464-Bucureşti, B-dul Marasti, 59, Romania
  • Dana Popa University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Bucharest, Faculty of Animal Sciences, 011464-Bucureşti, B-dul Marasti, 59, Romania
  • Marius Maftei University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Bucharest, Faculty of Animal Sciences, 011464-Bucureşti, B-dul Marasti, 59, Romania
  • Livia Vidu University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Bucharest, Faculty of Animal Sciences, 011464-Bucureşti, B-dul Marasti, 59, Romania
  • Dorel Dronca Banat University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine from Timisoara, Faculty of Animal Sciences and Biotechnologies, 300645-Timişoara, Calea Aradului, 119, Romania
  • Mihaela Ivancia University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Iasi, Faculty of Animal Sciences, 700490-Iaşi, Aleea Mihail Sadoveanu, 3, Romania
  • Georgeta Diniţă University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Bucharest, Faculty of Animal Sciences, 011464-Bucureşti, B-dul Marasti, 59, Romania
  • Carmen Nicolae University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Bucharest, Faculty of Animal Sciences, 011464-Bucureşti, B-dul Marasti, 59, Romania

Keywords:

optimization, selection plan, sheep

Abstract

The aim of the paper work is to optimize the population structure in a selection plan, according to model developed by Colburn (1961), which will be proposed to be applied for live weight and traits associated with carcass and meat quality improvement in Palas Meat Line. The method used in this paper work is modeling, which exist in the most animal breeding scientifically papers. After the simulations, we observed that the most convenient variant was that which prefigure 400 females in nucleus, a weight of the groups by A – 24%, B – 19% + 19%, C – 38%, 13 rams in nucleus and maximum values for demographical parameters.

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Published

2023-09-05