Table 5 The level of rearing heifers in dairy herds Ukraine in 2016
Breed;
Number of herds
(N);
Number of cows
(n)
Milk per
cow in
305 days
(kg)
Indicators of development of repair heifers
in different age periods
age
, m.
number
of he
if
ers
ave
ra
g
e li
ve
we
ight
of on
e he
ad
(kg)
li
ve
we
ight
of
he
ife
rs a
cc
o
rding
to t
he
standa
rd of
bre
ed ** (
kg
)
the numbe
r of
he
ife
rs a
bov
e
the sta
nda
rd
bre
ed
ave
ra
g
e da
il
y ga
in
for
the pe
riod
(g)
heads
%
Ukrainian Black
and White Dairy
(N=170)
n=62149
6606
6
22116
177.0
170
13909
62.9
796.7
12
21104
302.3
284
14861
70.4
737.8
18
16791
407.7
380
11824
70.4
685.0
Ukrainian Red
and White Dairy
(N=66)
n=23587
6359
6
11647
176.0
175
5279
45.3
781.4
12
9058
297.3
288
5495
60.1
726.0
18
6785
405.7
385
4256
62.7
683.2
Ukrainian Red
Dairy
(N=16)
n=5942
5963
6
2378
168.3
160
1696
71.3
755.5
12
2212
287.7
262
1591
71.9
697.8
18
1499
385.2
355
1058
70.5
643.5
Holstein
(N=17)
n=10171
8160
6
4434
188.9
175
3272
73.9
842.7
12
3463
327.3
288
2825
81.6
806.3
18
2127
427.3
385
1530
77.5
720.1
Fleckvieh
(N=17)
n=3940
5959
6
1022
183.4
170
542
53.0
796.7
12
767
307.5
284
497
64.7
689.4
18
895
426.4
380
516
57.6
660.5
Braunvieh
(N=1)
n=1001
8256
6
282
180
165
275
97.5
807.6
12
214
350
269
206
96.3
711.1
18
267
493
365
267
100.0
794.4
Ukrainian
Whiteheaded
(N=1)
n=300
4988
6
147
154
140
130
88.4
675.8
12
153
259
235
132
86.3
624.6
18
177
340
325
155
87.5
564.8
* Milk productivity for 305 days last completed lactation (in 2016); ** In accordance with the
Guidelines for the dairy cattle recording, approved by the order of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy of
Ukraine of December 30, 2003 No. 477 [9, p. 18].
Source: own author calculations on the basis of data from the form №7-mol "Report on the
results of dairy cattle recording" for 2016 (271 breeding stock-rearing farm of Ukraine)
According to studies by specialists from the Royal School of Veterinary Studies
in the UK [11], earlier fertilization of the heifers, as well as the age of the first calving
(+9.5 months before the date of fertilization), allows the owner to reduce three times
the payback period of investments.
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