EXTERIOR INDICATORS FOR THE FIRST LACTATION OF SIMMENTAL COWS OF TYPE «ERTIS» AND THEIR MIXES

Abstract

This article presents the results of measurements of exterior indicators for the first lactation of Kazakhstan Simmental dairy cows of the Ertis type and their crosses (Ertis x red-and-white holstein and ertis x simmental), bred in the conditions of the peasant farm Kamyshinsky of the Shemonaikhinsky district of the East Kazakhstan region. During the study, different body measurements were taken from the Ertis x Red-motley Holstein and Ertis X Simmental hybrids during the first lactation taken for research and were compared with the physique of the Ertis-type Simmental cows taken under control for the first lactation. As a result, The body indices of Simmental cows of the Ertis type and their crosses were calculated. Based on the measurements taken on the physique, the exterior profile of Simmental cows of the Ertis type and their hybrids was given.