DEVELOPMENT OF THE GENE POOL OF YAKUT CATTLE AS A CONDITION FOR THE SUSTAINABLE FUNCTIONING OF AGRICULTURE IN THE REPUBLIC (SAKHA) OF YAKUTIA

Issue № 6, 2023, article № 13, pages 116-122

Language: Russian

Original language title: РАЗВИТИЕ ГЕНОФОНДА ЯКУТСКОГО СКОТА КАК УСЛОВИЕ УСТОЙЧИВОГО ФУНКЦИОНИРОВАНИЯ СЕЛЬСКОГО ХОЗЯЙСТВА РЕСПУБЛИКИ (САХА) ЯКУТИЯ

Keywords: GENE POOL OF YAKUT CATTLE, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, AGRICULTURE, BREEDING REPRODUCERS, GENE POOL NURSERIES

Abstract: Agriculture of the Republic (Sakha) Yakutia is a risky industry for the region, depending on natural and climatic factors, land potential, human capital, and government funding. The development of animal husbandry in the republic, which has historically been the leading industry in agriculture, is influenced by various factors: conditions of maintenance, feeding, temperature regime, breed diversity, gene pool of Yakut cattle. The qualitative characteristics of Yakut cattle are represented by unique hereditary traits capable of forming the unpretentiousness of animals to harsh northern conditions and high fat content of milk. That is why the creation, functioning and further development of breeding reproducers, gene pool nurseries, as well as basic farms engaged in breeding and breeding work, is becoming a particularly urgent issue in order to preserve and further increase the gene pool of Yakut cattle. The article argues for the inhibiting factors of the development of the Yakut cattle gene pool and substantiates the main measures for the conservation of animal genetic resources and management of breed diversity in the Republic (Sakha) Yakutia.

Authors: Val Olesya Mikhailovna, Stadnik Anatolii Timofeevich, Samokhvalova Anastasia Alexandrovna, Kuznetsova Inna Gennadevna