Reproductive capacity, health and dairy productivity of crossbreed cows

DOI: 10.32900/2312-8402-2020-124-47-55

Admin Oleksandr,
Candidate of Agricultural Sciences, senior scientist,
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5070-8926,
Admina Natalia,
Candidate of Agricultural Sciences, senior scientist,
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5224-2640,
Filipenko Irina,
graduate student,
Institute of Animal Science of NAAS

Keywords: Ukrainian Black-Spotted dairy breed, Montbeliarde bulls, crossbred first-born cows, reproductive ability, safety, average daily milk yield


Abstract

The article reveals the results of reproductive capacity studies, health and average daily milk yield of first-born cows of the Ukrainian Black-Spotted dairy breed, got from Montbeliarde and Holstein breeding bulls in SE “Kutuzivka”, Kharkiv region. It was found that the age of first fertilization in heifers obtained from bulls of different breeds did not differ and averaged 14.0 months. At the same time, the live weight of daughters obtained from Montbeliarde bulls during the first insemination was 10.9 kg higher than that of daughters obtained from Holstein bulls, which indicates a higher intensity of growth of crossbred heifers. Animals of both breeds had the same age of the first calving (23.0 months), but the live weight of the first-born cows differed significantly. Daughters obtained from Montbeliarde bulls had a live weight 27.3 kg higher than their counterparts obtained from Holstein bulls (P> 0.95). According to the results of studying the safety of daughters of bulls of different breeds, it was found that in the first month of lactation in the herd remained 4 % more crossbred cows than their peers obtained from Holstein bulls, in the second – by 7 %, in the third – by 9 % by 10 % (P> 0.9) and with each month of lactation this percentage increased. Also, crossbred heifers came better in sexual hunting. The average daily milk yield of daughters of Montbeliarde bulls in the first two months of lactation was 2.1 kg and 0.6 kg higher than their counterparts. In the fourth month of lactation, the average daily yield of first-born cows obtained from Holstein bulls increased by 2.8 kg compared with crossbred counterparts (P> 0.95) and further the trend of preference for daily milk yield of first-born daughters of Holstein bulls remained.

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