FEATURES OF BIOCONVERSION AND THE EFFICIENCY OF FATTENING YOUNG CATTLE OF THE KALMYK BREED IN THE REPUBLIC OF SAKHA YAKUTIA
This paper presents the results of studying the conversion of feed into nutrients in the carcass of bulls during the fattening of young Kalmyk breed in the conditions of Yakutia. The studies were carried out on the basis of the Soloosun agricultural production complex, Megino-Kangalassky region. The experiment was organized on Kalmyk bull-calves fed from 15 to 18 months of age. There were formed 2 groups of 25 bulls analogs: the control and the experimental one. The animals of the control group were fed according to the ration adopted on the farm. The diet of the animals from the experimental group included 200 g of Hongurin zeolite and 45 g of Kempendyai salt per animal. The main ration of animals by structure consisted of meadow hay 46%, haylage – 22% and compound feed 32% or 12.57 EFU per day. At the beginning of the experiment, the live weight of the animals was almost identical. At the end of fattening, the bulls of the experimental group in live weight exceeded the animals of the control group by 10.9 kg. Consequently, the experienced bulls had higher bioconversion rates, which was reflected in an increase in the meat productivity of animals. The analysis showed that the control group of bulls was inferior to the experimental group in terms of pulp by 11 kg., In the deposition of food protein by 1.3 kg. The calculation of the data on the conversion of protein into food protein showed that in the control group this indicator is 5%, and in the experimental group it was 6.2%. The yield of dietary protein in the control group was 40.4 g, in the experimental group – 52.8 g. Thus, the calculation of bioconversion showed that the animals of the experimental groups, which additionally consumed Hongurin zeolite and Kempendyai salt, had a higher ability to transfer nutrients and feed energy into meat products. The indicators of economic efficiency per 100 heads of fattening bulls of the Kalmyk breed are: profitability – 122.53%, cost price 1132 thousand rubles, profit – 1,388 thousand rubles, profit – 1.23 rubles per 1 ruble costs. The efficiency of beef production at a specialized feedlot increases by 22.53%.