sector should be the revival of the national selection system. Therefore, the issue of
scientific substantiation of the organizational principles of effective management of
breeding dairy cattle breeding is now of particular urgency.
Genetic resources of dairy cattle-breeding of Ukraine. Species of cattle differ
according to economic indicators of useful signs of animals, including the level of
productivity, which significantly influences the economic efficiency of production.
According to ICAR (The International Committee for Animal Recording), cows of the
Holstein breed remain the leaders, whose productivity for the 305 days of lactation is
at the level of 9-11 thousand kg of milk (Table 1). Such achievements are the result of
a long intensive breeding work aimed at increasing milk production.
Table 1 Main economic traits of recorded dairy cows in some countries
of the world
Breed
Country
Year
Milk per
cow in
305 days
(kg)
Percent
fat
content
(%)
Percent
protein
content
(%)
Calving
interval
(days)
Holstein
USA
2015
11321
3,68
3,08
...
Denmark
2017
10939
4.06
3.44
407
Canada
2016
10512
3.90
3.22
...
South Korea
2017
10395
3.84
3.19
459
Finland
2017
10319
4.14
3.45
413
Sweden
2015
10133
4,09
3,40
407
Estonia
2017
9703
3.88
3.32
410
Hungary
2016
9685
3.67
3.29
432
Japan
2016
9624
3.92
3.33
432
South Africa
2016
9623
3.96
3.33
444
Czech Rep.
2015
9582
3,77
3,34
412
Italy
2016
9536
3.69
3.26
…
Slovak Republic
2017
9454
3.75
3.24
419
Norway
2016
9225
4,15
3,38
399
Belgium (Flemish
Region)
2016
9206
4.07
3.44
414
Germany *
2016
9127
4.04
3.39
411
France
2017
9042
3.91
3.30
425
Braunvieh
Germany
2016
7367
4.26
3.60
413
Austria
2017
7279
4.16
3.49
...
Switzerland
2016
7149
4,02
3,39
416
Ayrshire
Finland
2017
9342
4.45
3.56
409
South Africa
2016
7537
4.06
3.34
442
USA
2015
6861
3,93
3,19
...
Fleckvieh
Germany
2016
7513
4.19
3.52
390
Austria
2017
7345
4.16
3.42
...
France
2017
5751
3,99
3,37
393
Normande
Switzerland
2016
6955
4.04
3.41
390
France
2017
6668
4.19
3.60
406
Montbeliarde
Czech Rep.
2015
8000
3,95
3,52
393
Switzerland
2016
7609
3.74
3.33
393
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