SELECTION AND BREEDING WORK WITH KAZAKH HORSE TYPE ZHABE IN PEASANT FARMS OF KAZAKHSTAN

Аннотация

The article clarify the status of meat herd horses in farms of different forms of ownership in different natural and climatic zones of the Republic of Kazakhstan. The numerical composition of purebred horses of the Kazakh breed of the Zhabe type bred in the farms is analyzed. The purpose of this scientific work is to improve the breeding and productive qualities of Kazakh breed horses of Zhabe type in the horse farms of Karaganda, Zhambyl and Pavlodar regions. The novelty of the work is the development of the method of selection and breeding work to preserve and improve the heterozygosity of the Kazakh horse breed, with intensive breeding on a set of breeding traits. The characteristics of the studied animals in 2010 and 2015 are given: the Seleti breeding type with three breeding lines: Braslet, Zadorny, Pamir, and Zymyran 101-76 line. A comparative study of average measurements, body weight and indices was carried out. In the basic farms of purebred Kazakh horses of Zhabe type, the animals of elite class made up 33,1%, the first class - 42,6%, the second class - 24,3%. All main stallions-producers of the farms (n=73) were assigned to the elite class. The results of the bonitation indicate the consolidation of breeding qualities and the sufficiency of the animals for further breeding work