%0 Journal Article
%T Cluj Merino breeds¡¯ potential for meat production
%A Stelian D£¿r£¿ban
%A Cristian Coroian
%A Bogdan Georgescu
%J Animal Biology & Animal Husbandry
%D 2009
%I Bioflux Society
%X Merino of Cluj breed, formed in the period of time 1957 ¨C 1988 into Agronomic InstituteDoctor Petru Groza with the help of a staff led by distinct professor dr. eng. Augustin Pop, putstogether in its own genetic fond, genes of two Romanian breeds, Transylvanian Merino breed onpaternal line and Turcana breed white variety, Sibiu county ecotype on maternal line, being rolled as abreed belonging to mixed morpho-productive type fine wool ¨C meat ¨C milk. After year 1989, breedknows, keeping step with Romanian ovine culture, an increased regress of stocks, present days beingin genetic preservation, but also a line up to European production orientations so that we are speakingnow about a mixed breed, and production proportion being of 61.70 % meat, 30.10 % milk and 8.20% wool and leathers, from total value of productions obtained
%K genetic preservation
%K Merino of Cluj breed
%K genetic fond
%K genes
%U http://www.abah.bioflux.com.ro/docs/2009.1.57-62.pdf