Florea, Alexandru-MarianNechifor, IonicăNechifor, Bogdan-IoanȚurcanu, IoanaBoldișor, AnaNechifor, Daniel-ConstantinMaciuc, VasilePascal, Constantin2026-11-032026-11-032025https://animalsciencejournal.usamv.ro/index.php/scientific-papers/past-issues?id=1658https://repository.iuls.ro/handle/20.500.12811/7249The research conducted aimed to evaluate the growth intensity of a population of crossbred sheep resulting from the crossing of Karakul of Botoșani breed females with Palas meat breed rams. For this purpose, two experimental groups were established, one consisting of young crossbred sheep females and the other of young females belonging to the Karakul of Botoșani breed. Both groups benefited from the same maintenance conditions and the same experimental treatment. The research was carried out during 2024, the young females being of similar age. The results obtained highlight the fact that although, at birth, the group consisting of lambs of the Karakul of Botoșani breed had an average weight higher than that of the crossbred females, the latter reach the age of 1 year to have, on average, 12 kg more than the Karakul of Botoșani ones. The results obtained are important and relevant both for activities aimed at obtaining meat production and for farms producing reproductive material. Young sheep is very important in the sheep herd as the improvement and consolidation of future generations of sheep depends on them.enCC BY 4.0https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/body weightBotoșani Karakul sheepcrossbredyoung sheepArticle2393 – 2260