Basic Agriculturally Valuable Traits of Belarusian Red Cattle

Abstract

As a result of the researches it was determined that pure-breed cows of Belarusian Red breed are characterized by high fat (4,32-4,43 %) and protein (3,31-3,36 %) content; with age growth there is a tendency of milk yield growth at 352 kg, fat - at 0,13%, milk fat amount - at 20,5 kg and protein - at 9,8 kg. Physical and chemical characteristics milk of this breed cows meet all the demands of State Standard for children’s nutrition. As for reproductive traits - superiority of pure-breed heifers and cows on second lactation on service-period term (at 3,8 and 4,0 %) and mid-calving period (at1,3 and 1,6 %,) was determined.