Impact of some factors on profitability of sheep farms under egyptian conditions

The aim of this study is economic evaluationand investigation of some factors effect as season, demographic characters (manager characters)on some productive and reproductive efficiencyin sheep production farms under Egyptian conditions. Data were randomly collected fromcommercialsheep farms from different localities in Menofia governorate that located in south of Nile delta in Egypt. The data include season that grouped to (cold season) extended from 21 September to 20 March and (warm season) from 21 March to 20 September to determine its effect on birth weight, litter size and kidding interval. The data were collected summarized and analyzed by statistical computer program (SPSS/PC, 16). The results of the study revealed that warm season had higher parameters for birth weight, litter size and kidding interval than cold seasonas recorded 2.91 (kg), 1.61 and 9.13 month. The manager characters has a significant effect on production of sheep farmsas about 31% in production changes were attributed to the changes in demo-graphic characters as education level and age of producer.