Naryshkina EN, Ignatieva LP, Zaripov OG, Levchenko MV, Sermyagin AA.

Animal Husbandry and Fodder Production. 2025. Vol. 108. No. 1. Р. 50-59.

doi:10.33284/2658-3135-108-1-50

Original article

Reproduction traits of Simmental cows obtained from sires of local and imported lines

 

Elena N Naryshkina1, Larisa P Ignatieva2, Oleg G Zaripov3, Maria V Levchenko4, Alexander A Sermyagin5

1,2,3,4Federal Research Center for Animal Husbandry named after Academy Member L.K. Ernst, Dubrovitsy, Russia

5Russian Research Institute of Farm Animal Genetics and Breeding – Branch of the L.K. Ernst Federal Research Center for Animal Husbandry, St. Petersburg, Russia

1selection.76@mail.ru, https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3421-1653

2ignatieva-lp@mail.ru, https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2625-6912

3zarog@mail.ru, https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7493-4410

4 marikornelaeva@yandex.ru, https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5674-6694

5alex_sermyagin85@mail.ru, https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1799-6014

 

Abstract. The modern population of the Simmental breed in Russia is represented by different genotypes, and further breeding work is focused on obtaining animals mainly of dairy and meat direction of productivity using both domestic and imported sires of German and Austrian breeding. The combination of high milk productivity and good reproductive function of cows is an important criterion in breeding work with dairy cattle in general and in assessing their breeding value. Daughters born from Simmental bulls of local origin reach the age of fruitful insemination later (the age of the 1st calving is 32.5 months) and have a significantly shorter service period and intercalving period - 134.1 and 413 days, respectively, on average for three lactations, relative to the daughters from sires of Holstein lines and German-Austrian lines of imported origin. The value of the service period decreases with age regardless of the type of breeding orientation of the line: for the 1st lactation - 139.6...161.1 days, for the 2nd lactation – 131.3...148.7, for the 3rd lactation – 122.4...146.9 days. The study of indicators characterizing the reproductive function of Simmental cows obtained from local and imported breeding sires is an important aspect for evaluating and optimizing breeding work and allows us to determine the influence of the genotype of fathers on the reproductive potential of daughters.

Keywords: cow, Simmental breed, service period, dry period, intercalving period, line, sire

Acknowledgments: the work was performed in accordance to the plan of research works for 2024-2026 of the FGBNU FRC VIZh named after academician L.K. Ernst (No FGGN-2024-0021).

For citation: Naryshkina EN, Ignatieva LP, Zaripov OG, Levchenko MV, Sermyagin AA. Reproduction traits of Simmental cows obtained from sires of local and imported lines. Animal Husbandry and Fodder Production. 2025;108(1):50-59. (In Russ.). https://doi.org/10.33284/2658-3135-108-1-50

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            Information about the authors:

            Elena N Naryshkina, Cand. Sci. (Agriculture), Senior Researcher, Federal Research Center for Animal Husbandry named after Academy Member L.K. Ernst, Dubrovitsy 60, Podolsk Municipal District, Moscow Region, 142132, tel.: +7 (4967) 65-11-63.

            Larisa P Ignatieva, Cand. Sci. (Agriculture), Leading Researcher, Federal Research Center for Animal Husbandry named after Academy Member L.K. Ernst, Dubrovitsy 60, Podolsk Municipal District, Moscow Region, 142132, tel.: +7 (4967) 65-11-63.

            Oleg G Zaripov, Cand. Sci. (Biology), Senior Researcher, Federal Research Center for Animal Husbandry named after Academy Member L.K. Ernst, Dubrovitsy 60, Podolsk Municipal District, Moscow Region, 142132, tel.: +7 (4967) 65-11-63.

            Maria V Levchenko, Junior Researcher, Federal Research Center for Animal Husbandry named after Academy Member L.K. Ernst, Dubrovitsy 60, Podolsk Municipal District, Moscow Region, 142132, tel.: +7 (4967) 65-11-63.

            Alexander A Sermyagin, Cand. Sci. (Agriculture), director, All-Russian Research Institute of Genetics and Breeding of Agricultural Animals – branch of the Federal State Budgetary Scientific Institution “Federal Research Center for Animal Husbandry – VIZh named after Academician L.K. Ernst”, Moskovskoye Ave. 55a, Pushkin, Saint Petersburg, 196601, tel.: +7 (812) 451-76-63, (812) 451-65-19 (supp. 121).

The article was submitted 28.01.2025; approved after reviewing 25.02.2025; accepted for publication 17.03.2025.

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