Breed

Red Steppe Breed (Красная степная порода)

Number of Milk recorded cows

118,000

Percentage of all cows

12

Average size of herds

590

No. of herds

200

No of 1. inseminations

156,500

Percent inseminated animals

75%

Percent with test bull inseminations

30%

No of tested bulls pr year

70

Size of daughter groups

16-50

Breeding value estimation model

СС, MCC

Breed Average fore production 2007/2008:

Kg milk 4,063, fat 157 kg – 3.88%, prot 126 kg – 3.12%

Highest producing cow 2007/2008:

Kg milk 11,146, fat 454 kg – 4.08%, prot 368 kg – 3.31%

Cow name: Bitva 6241, owner: Agric. collective farm

“Leninskiy put” Krasnodar region

Highest producing herd 2007/2008:

Kg milk 7,644, fat 295 kg - 3.86%, prot 244 kg - 3.20%

Number of cows 840, owner of the herd: Agric. collective farm “Leninskiy put” Krasnodar region

The main selection traits:

·         Milk production, with special attention for protein and fat percentage;

·         Conformation

·         Fertility

·         Milk speed

·         Longevity

·         Red Steppe Breed population – 420.000

·         Bull dams – 1350 cows

·         Sires – 30

·         Reaming young bulls and performance test – 400

·         Sampling of young sires - 180

·         Estimating of breeding values – 90

·         Selection of sires to be used in the population - 30

Тhе All Russian Sеlесtion Center of the Red Steppe Breed

President Academician Ivan Dunin

Secretary – Breed manager Doctor Tatiana Knyazeva

ALL  RUSSIAN RESEARCH

INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL BREEDING

141212 "Lеsnуе Роllаnу", Рushkin district, 

Моsсоw геgion, Russia

Phone: +7 495 515 95 57 fax: +7 495 515 95 57

E-mail: red-step@mail.ru