Abstract:The city of Jiuquan in Gansu Province is located in the northwest high-cold area.The main meat sheep breeds raised in Jiuquan are Suffolk,Dorper,Dexter,and Small Tail Han sheep.Hu sheep is one of the famous high-quality multi-lamb local meat sheep breeds.It is an excellent mother stock for meat sheep crossbreeding,and the F1 generation has a 10%-20% higher growth rate and carcass rate than the Hu sheep breed.This paper mainly expounds the characteristics of the Hu sheep breed,the controlling of high-cold area breeding environment,the feeding standard for daily feeding,the breeding management technology,and the treatment process of common diseases.Conducting key technology research on Hu sheep breeding,integrating and applying the new technologies for meat sheep breeding growth and reproduction management that are suitable for local features of the sheep industry,and continuously improving the comprehensive production capacity of Hu sheep.Strengthening the effective supply of science and technology to the rural revitalization industry.
