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Guadalajara, Jal. After 11 years of research in genetic improvement, Jalisco ranchers obtained the official certification record of the first pure breed of Mexican Pelifolk sheep.
With the registration granted by the federal Secretariat of Agriculture and Rural Development (Sader), through the General Coordination of Livestock, ranchers of Jalisco and 10 other entities of the country will have the opportunity for greater growth in the sector due to the characteristics of adaptability and genetic quality of this breed.
The main characteristics of this first breed of sheep made in Mexico are physical, such as the coat for its adaptation to different climates, and production systems, rusticity, more prolific females and a higher yield of carcass meat.
This sheep “is all terrain” and its genetic development allows the Mexican Association of Pelifolk Breeders to be recognized by the Ministry of Agriculture to delegate the registration system, said the director of Special Programs of Sader, Arturo Encino Serrano.
He added that the regulatory framework encourages the development of genetic improvement to promote national sheep farming since, from now on, the processes to export this genetics can be started, mainly to countries in Central and South America.
For his part, the president of the Regional Livestock Union of the State of Jalisco (UGREJ), Adalberto Velasco Antillón, pointed out that after certification, they work with the different livestock associations on a manual of good practices to certify farms throughout the country , in order to be able to export Pelifolk sheep.
The president of the Mexican Association of Pelifolk Sheep Breeders of Record, Giovanni Torres, assured that the breed arose in 1991 from the crossing of animals of the female breeds Blackbelly and Pelibuey, with males of the Suffolk breed.
Pelifolk cattle are the product of the combination of two hair breeds and one wool breed, and their carcass yield is 3% higher than other specimens, which translates into an economic benefit for producers.
The breeders association brings together 90 producers in Jalisco with 4,500 Pelifolk specimens, and also has a presence in Tabasco, Veracruz, Nayarit, Zacatecas, Michoacán, Chiapas, Guanajuato, Baja California and Durango, with around 1,500 registered heads.
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