STUDY OF THE QUALITY OF PELT AT LAMBS OF MOLDOVAN KARAKUL TYPE

Silvia Evtodienco, O. Maşner

Abstract
   The main indexes after which are appreciated the pelts obtained from the lambs of the karakul breed are: ranking, type of loop, silk and gloss. The testing of the pelt qualities was carried out at the breed farm of TES "Maximovca" during the years 2015-2018 depending on the color of the lambs - black, grey and sur. It was determined that the share of ewe lambs constituted 31.1% in the reference period, the I- st class was 59.3%, and the II-nd and rebut, respectively, 8.8 and 0.8%. These lambs have the desired loop types such as 38.4% flat type, 33.3% jacket type, 24.2% costal type.
   The evaluation of silk has shown that it is veridical greater at grey lambs compared to black lambs and is 7.84 ± 0.13 points (P> 0.001). Likewise, lambs of the sur color veridical exceed the black ones, making 7.64 ± 0.07 points (P> 0.001). Black lambs gained 6.99 ± 0.13 points. The gloss of the furring cover at grey lambs veridical exceeds the gloss of black and sur lambs constituing of 7.78 ± 0.14 points (P> 0.001), and those sur and black respectively 7.3 ± 0.11 and 7.2 ± 0.13 points.

Key words: lambs, grey, sur, black, silk, gloss