Through the unremitting efforts of the vast majority of scientific and technical personnel in Bayannur city for nearly half a century, the only domestic specialized sheep breed with proprietary intellectual property rights has been successfully cultivated. The variety was approved by the National Animal Genetic Resources Committee and officially announced by the Ministry of Agriculture in the form of Announcement No. 878.
According to Li Hushan, deputy chief and senior animal clerk at Bayanor City Improvement Station, who is responsible for the development of this research project, Bamei mutton sheep is a female parent of the local sheep and a male parent of Demei sheep. Type varieties. It is slaughtered fast, adaptable, strong disease resistance, suitable for housing feeding in agricultural areas. The meaning of Bamei is that Bayan represents Bayannur. The United States is its five-nation beauty, meat beauty, body beauty, and hair beauty. The advantages of the local farmers to the Bamei mutton sheep have been summarized in the 28-character recipe. The head is large, the neck is thick, the buttocks are round, the body height is high, the hair is thin, and the body is long. It is resistant to coarseness, disease resistance, fast growth, high business, intensive cultivation, and high efficiency. After calculation, under the same feeding conditions, the average benefit of raising a Bamei meat sheep is 76 yuan more than raising a Han sheep or hybrid sheep.
Wangsuo, a culturist in Xipan Village, Shihahe Town, Wulatezhongqi, Bayannaoer City, has raised more than 200 Bamei mutton sheep this year. Currently, more than 80 sheep have been slaughtered, and each sheep has sold an average of 510 yuan. The total income is over 40,000 yuan. yuan. In addition to spending nearly 30,000 yuan in net income, he told us: “Bamei sheep is particularly suitable for afforestation and feeding in arid regions. It has a short fattening cycle and a fast slaughter. I used to feed a large number of sheep, and the cost of a few mutton sheep was low and the benefits were high. This year, we have a lot of Bamei sheep in our village."
Bamei Sheep is a new breed of mutton sheep cultivated using crossbreeding under the unique natural resources of Bayannaoer City. At present Bayannaoer City has a total of 4 core groups of Bamei sheep, with 2173 basic ewes; 26 breeding groups, and 4,086 basic ewes; 136 production groups and 12,364 basic ewes.
In the past, most of the sheep breeds in China were introduced from abroad. The successful cultivation of Bahamian sheep has accelerated the transformation of the production of animal husbandry in Bayannaoer from a quantitative growth model to a quality one. In particular, the establishment of a sheep brand has promoted the scale and standardization of sheep production. Improving the quality and market competitiveness of mutton sheep in the entire production area will have an important impact.
Last year, in the year of animal husbandry, the total number of mutton sheep raised in Bayannur City reached 12.74 million, and only one mutton sheep, households increased by more than 500 yuan per household. At present, the city has built more than 20 mutton sheep processing enterprises, and has processed more than 5 million mutton sheep annually. This year, Bayannaoer City has launched a construction project of 10 million high-quality sheep production bases, and strives to build a production base of 10 million sheep.