TY - JOUR AU - Amare, Tadesse AU - Goshu, Gebeyehu AU - Tamir, Berhan PY - 2018 DA - 2018/05/21 TI - Flock composition, breeding strategies and farmers’ traits of interest evaluation of Wollo highland sheep and their F1 crosses JO - Journal of Animal Science and Technology SP - 14 VL - 60 IS - 1 AB - Sheep production is a major component of the livestock sector in Ethiopia. The country owing to the large population of 30.70 million estimated numbers of sheep in the country and out of which about 72.14% are females, and 27.86% are males with diverse genetic resources. The real value of indigenous breeds was often under-estimated mostly due to their poor appearance and relatively low productivity. Developing countries in most cases opt for exotic breeds to increase animal productivity through crossbreeding or breed substitution without properly investigating the production potential of the indigenous breeds. The main objective of the research was to identify sheep flock composition and structure, farmers’ traits of interest and breeding objective of Wollo highland sheep, and their F1 crossbreed progenies. SN - 2055-0391 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s40781-018-0173-9 DO - 10.1186/s40781-018-0173-9 ID - Amare2018 ER -