Breeding and productive qualities of Simmental cattle in the Republic of Khakassia

The research objective was studying productive qualities of Simmental cattle bred in the conditions of the Republic of Khakassia. The characteristic of Sim-mental animals on the main breeding and productive qualities generally for all categories of farms and breed-ing farms from 2010 for 2016 is given. In 2016 average milk yield of probonitized cows made 4 542 kg of milk with fat content of 4.01 %, protein content - 3.12 %, on breeding farms respectively - 4652 kg with fat content of 4.03 %; protein - 3.14 %. For analyzed period dairy efficiency of cows increased on 772 kg (16.1 %), includ-ing o breeding farms - 924 kg (19.1 %), the live mass of cows increased respectively by 24 and 23 kg and aver-aged on herd 530 kg, on breeding farms - 535 kg. Av-erage age of probonitized cows was 3.13 lactations, the duration of service period was 107 days, dry period was 60 days, average age of cows leaving was 3.7, calving (8.0 % of cows were taken away because of low effi-ciency, 12...