of Macherla Brown sheep in Guntur, Nalgonda, Prakasam and Krishna districts of Andhra
Pradesh with sample size of 104 farmers. Study revealed that 62.5% Macherla Brown sheep
farmers in the breeding tract maintained one breeding ram for every 30-50 ewes. Majority
(56%) of sheep farmers retained the breeding rams for 3-5 years, while 44% farmers
retained breeding rams more than 5 years in their flocks for breeding purpose. 69% farmers …