After the integration of our country within the European Union have occurred major changes in many areas of
activity and including in the sheep breeding sector (RăducuĠă and GhiĠă, 2009; RăducuĠă, 2012).
Thus, transition to market economy and the changes on land ownership determined great changes in sheep
breeding. In present the sheep livestock have decreased considerably compared to those existing in 1990 and almost
the entire sheep livestock existing in the country are in private ownership (99.9%), with the exception of that
existing in research units (Ion et al., 2014).
Also in recent years have occurred major changes on the structure of breeds used, and a increasing of the average
size of farms, which is currently approx. 31 heads (NIS, 2011).
All these changes requires a new approach regarding sheep farms, both technically and economically based on the
market demand and compliance with veterinary requirements from this field.
In this context the purpose of this paper was to make a technical analysis of 10 sheep farms which practicing the
conventional breeding system to see which are the main characteristics of them.
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