Abstract
Zavot Catte that was commonly found in Kars, Ardahan districts in Northeastern Turkey region were initially introduced into this region by Molokon Folk and German people migrating from the Estonian border and interior of Russia. The breed possess to blood mixture which comprised of crossbreed of Simmental, Brown Swiss and Eastern Anatolian Red breeds, but had also Podolya breed' blood. To morphological, Zavot cattle have light tones such as white, blondish for coat color, and are horned generally. The mean descriptive values of the body measurement were for body weight, body length, height at withers and hearth girth, 23.96 kg, 65.19 cm, 71.07 cm and 76.37 cm, respectively for birth periot; 70.53 kg, 77.93 cm, 82.12 cm and 93.36 cm, respectively for 3 age month; 385.9 kg, 145.7 cm, 126.3 cm and 170.2 cm, respectively for adult age. The highest ratio of fat, protein and dry matter were found at August (4.22%), June (3.37%) and June (12.0%), respectively. Zavot cattle can show a high potential, though their current morphological performance is seen to low, because of the suboptimal management conditions, and breeding area insufficiency.
Highlights
Indigenous animal breeds contribute a significant ratio to biodiversity and cultural variety that Turkey possesses, like being over the world
Zavot breed cattle were mainly obtained as a result of the hybridization of Simmental and Brown Swiss bulls that were brought with them by Volga Germans and Molokon Communutiy who settled in the region with Eastern Anatolian Red cows (Üresin, 1936)
The findings of the research indicated that was to be straight without crimps for coat pattern, light tone weighted for coat color, white tones for hair color, moderate coarse for hair characteristics, forehead wide and plain for head structure, upward directional for horn shape and medium-saturity breast lobe for breast structure but there was a range of variation in the observation
Summary
Indigenous animal breeds contribute a significant ratio to biodiversity and cultural variety that Turkey possesses, like being over the world. Even the smallest information about these animals is considered to be very important One of these indigenous breeds is Zavot Cattle. This breed that was reared in Turkey's eastern regions was obtained as a result of crossbreeding of exotic breeds with local breeds. Zavot breed cattle were mainly obtained as a result of the hybridization of Simmental and Brown Swiss bulls that were brought with them by Volga Germans and Molokon Communutiy who settled in the region with Eastern Anatolian Red cows (Üresin, 1936). Zavot cattle have as well proven to be good meat animals, especially under harsh climate conditions and in marginal areas in Eastern Regions of Turkey (İlaslan et al, 1998). The objective of this study is to investigate some physiological and morphological characteristics of Zavot cattle in-situ conservation conditions
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