Economic Assessment of Breeds in Dairy Pedigree Livestock Farming of Southern Federal District

Abstract

The analysis of the dairy animals breeding annual valuation results allowed to identify the main directions of selection and breeding work and the main breeds improving trends of cattle in the southern Federal district of the Russian Federation. The growth of productive characteristics and safety of livestock in pedigree reproducers and breeding studs was noted. The rates of changes in genetic and parametric characteristics of breeds over a nine-year period are shown. The study of breeds based on a complex of economically useful features allowed to conclude that the breed diversity in dairy cattle breeding in Russia is currently a competitive advantage of the industry.