Prospects of development of dairy cattle in Krasnoyarsk region

The work was performed on the farms of Krasnoyarsk Territory. The object of the study were cows of red-motley, black-motley, Simmental breeds, as well as Yenisei and Krasnoyarsk types. The goal was to consider the prospects for the development of dairy cattle breeding in Krasnoyarsk Territory. The tasks were to evaluate cows of red-motley, Yenisei type, black-and-white Krasnoyarsk type and Simmen- tal breeds according to milk productivity indicators; identify the main reasons for the retirement of cows in the province. The analysis showed that milk yield on the farms increased by 9 %, for breeding plants and breeding dynamics by 6 %. The mass fraction of fat increased on the farms of the region by0.01 %, by breeding reproducers by 0.05 % and by breeding plants by 0.04 %. The highest milk yield for 305 days for 1, 2 and 3 lactations was observed in the cows of Krasnoyarsk black and motley breed and amounted to 6.398 kg (P> 0.999), 7185 kg (P> 0.999), 7359 kg (P> 0.999), respec-tively...