Technical and financial analysis of barki sheep under semi-intensive production system

Abstract EN

The aim of the current study was to compare the profitability of ten simulated Barki flocks in relation to their biological performance under semi-intensive production system in Egypt.

Data on biological traits of 6257 records obtained from 2039 breeding ewes belonging to the Desert Research Center were analyzed.

Biological criteria considered were number of ewes lambed per ewe joined (EL / EJ), number of lambs born per ewe joined (LB / EJ), number of lambs weaned per ewe joined (LW / EJ), kilograms weaned per ewe joined (KGW / EJ).

Technical coefficients derived from the statistical analysis were used to create ten simulated flocks of ten different levels of KGW / EJ.

Financial criteria were annual profit/ewe, cost per one kg of weaned lambs produced, marginal rate of return and benefit/cost ratio.

The overall least squares means for EL / EJ, LB / EJ, LW / EJ and KGW / EJ of the ten simulated flocks were 0.77, 0.80, 0.62 and 12.15 kg, respectively.

Annual profit/ewe was L7 + 167.6, zero and LE - 73.7 ; cost per one kilogram of weaned lambs produced LE16.4, LE23.6 and LE47.1 and benefit/cost ratio 1.58, 1 and 0.73 for the top, middle and bottom simulated flock, respectively.

While the marginal rate of return was LE13.13 and LE14.20 for the top and middle simulated flock compared to bottom one.

The break-even point of KGW/EJ of Barki sheep was 11.66 kg under semi-intensive production system.