Economically useful parameters and biological characteristics of Hereford cattle

Abstract

At the stage of producing high-quality beef, the development and implementation of improved methods for obtaining, raising and fattening young cattle in the process of acclimatization, which allows for a more rational use of the biological potential of the breed, becomes relevant. The Hereford breed plays an important role in Russian cattle breeding. For more than 50 years, scientists, together with specialists in the agro-industrial complex, have created several genetic achievements. At the same time, the value of the breed lies in its inherent high reproductive and productive qualities, which are constantly transmitted and progressively develop from generation to generation, taking into account the changing environment of its habitat. In the process of their development, animals of different genotypes, finding themselves in new conditions, acquire other biologically and economically useful characteristics that were previously absent in the population. Hereford cattle are distinguished by high adaptive plasticity, stability, ease of feeding, high growth rates both during the fattening and fattening periods, and high early maturity of meat. Improving the Hereford cattle breed leads to a more rational use of selection and genetic traits, when tall animals are more consistent with the main direction of improving reproductive and productive qualities.