FEEDING QUALITIES, MEAT PRODUCTIVITY AND MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF RAMS OF DIFERENT GENOTYPES

Aboneev V.V., Surov A.I., Chirva S.L., Bey A.V., Marchenko V.V.

Summary

Studies on influence of rams of different genotypes on meat productivity and quality of their progeny revealed precedence of crossbred rams, received from Australian meat merino over Manych purebred peers. The possibility of improvement of meat forms of local merino is set.

Key words: Australian meat merino, Manych merino, meat productivity, ram (lamb), prematureness, body weight, slaughter weight, lamb quality.

References

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Author affiliation

Aboneev Vasily V., D.Sc. in Agriculture, professor, director of the Stavropol Scientific Research Institute of Animal Husbandry and Fodder Production; 15, Zootekhnichesky lane, Stavropol, 355015; phone: 8-8652-37-10-39; e-mail: niizhk@stv.runnet.ru.

Surov Aleksandr I., D.Sc. in Agriculture, chief of laboratory of sheep breeding of the Stavropol Scientific Research Institute of Animal Husbandry and Fodder Production; 15, Zootekhnichesky lane, Stavropol, 355015; phone: 8(865)271-95-58; e-mail: surov73@yandex.ru.

Chirva Sergey L., chief zootechnician of "Manych Breeding Company"; 42, 8 Marta st., village Divnoe, Stavropol territory, 356721; phone: 8- 86555 5-13-46; e-mail: manych@dives.stavropol.ru.

Bey Anatoly V., zootechnician of "Manych Breeding Company"; 42, 8 Marta st., village Divnoe, Stavropol territory, 356721; phone: 8- 86555 5-13-46; e-mail: manych@dives.stavropol.ru.

Responsible for correspondence with the editorial board: Marchenko Vyacheslav V., Ph.D. in Agriculture, doctorate of the Stavropol Scientific Research Institute of Animal Husbandry and Fodder Production; fl. 27, 30, Pushkina, Stavropol, 355002; phone: 8(865)235-30-96; e-mail: morfologia.sniizhk@yandex.ru.