Comparative analysis of economic and biological features of Kalmyk and Mongolian cattle breeds

Abstract

The aim of the research is to compare and study the economic and biological characteristics of animals of the Kalmyk and Mongolian breeds of cattle, to identify related parameters and evidence of a common historical origin. Methods. The method of evaluating and comparing the characteristics of two breeds of cattle (Kalmyk and Mongolian) with a common origin has been improved, and methods of zootechnical, graphic and comparative analysis. Results. The authors made a comparative assessment of the economic and biological characteristics of the Kalmyk and Mongolian cattle breeds bred in the South of Russia, in the Bayangol-Mongol and Xinjiang Uygur autonomous regions of China. According to the results of the assessment, similar characteristics of the studied animal breeds were revealed, and their common origin from a single ancestor was proved. The factors that influence the high adaptive abilities of the two breeds and the similarity in their production and reproduction abilities are revealed. Studies of Kalmyk breed of cattle was carried out in the territory SPK “Prolific” of the Republic of Kalmykia, the Mongol breed cattle was held on the territory of the farm Baingol-Mongol Autonomous Region of China. The study of these cattle breeds will allow us to understand the origin of the Kalmyk breed of cattle, which was migrated with the Mongolian-Kalmyk tribes from the Western part of China more than 400 years ago.