Ulimbashev AM, Aligazieva PA, Ulimbasheva RA.

Animal Husbandry and Fodder Production. 2026. Vol. 109. No. 1. Р. 121-132.

doi: 10.33284/2658-3135-109-1-121

Original article

Development of Aberdeen Angus beef productivity under different management systems

Alim M Ulimbashev1, Patimat A Aligazieva2, Radina A Ulimbasheva3

1,2Dagestan State Agrarian University named after MM Dzhambulatov, Makhachkala, Russia

3Kabardino-Balkarian State Agrarian University named after VM Kokov, Nalchik, Russia

1ulimbashev604@icloud.com, https://orcid.org/0009-0009-6040-748X

2p.aligazieva@mail.ru, https://orcid.org/0009-0007-9005-6700

3ulimdasheva1@gmail.com, https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1755-2672

Abstract. The research was conducted in the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic using various management systems and methods for young Aberdeen Angus cattle. To establish the most resource-efficient management system and beef production technology for raising Aberdeen Angus bulls, the objective of the research was to propose technological solutions that would ensure efficient beef cattle farming under the region's natural, climatic, and technological conditions. Three groups of newborn Aberdeen Angus calves were formed, each consisting of 20 animals. The control group (farm management technology) of young bulls was raised under the transhumance-mountain housing system: during the pasture period (duration of 155 days) at high altitude (altitude of 2200 m above sea level), during the stall period - on the farm at the altitude of 820 m above sea level (duration of the period is 210 days), 1 experimental group – with year-round stall housing of young animals on the farm (820 m above sea level) and the 2nd experimental group – year-round grazing of young animals on high-mountain pastures (2200 m above sea level). Animals of the control and 1 experimental groups were on final fattening at the end of the study (16-18 months). It was established that by the end of the research, the superiority of the bulls of the 1st experimental group over their peers of other groups in live weight reached values ​​of 25.9-42.7 kg (P≤0,01-0,001). Over the entire study period, stall-housed bulls demonstrated the highest growth rate –798 g, which is 79 g (P≤0,001) higher than their peers reared on pasture year-round, and 47 g (P≤0,01) higher than their peers reared on distant-pasture farms. Animals in the first experimental group produced the heaviest carcasses, with average carcasses exceeding those of the other groups by 22.8-39.4 kg (P≤0,01-0,001).

Keywords: bulls, Aberdeen Angus breed, housing system, live weight, growth rate and energy, feed payment by gain, control slaughter, carcass, morphological composition

For citation: Ulimbashev AM, Aligazieva PA, Ulimbasheva RA. Development of Aberdeen Angus beef productivity under different management systems. Animal Husbandry and Fodder Production. 2026;109(1):121-132. (In Russ.)]. https://doi.org/10.33284/2658-3135-109-1-121

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Information about the authors:

Alim M Ulimbashev, Postgraduate Student of the Department of Sheep Breeding, Cattle Breeding and Technology of Production and Processing of Livestock Products, Dagestan State Agrarian University named after MM Dzhambulatov, 180 M. Gadzhiev St., Makhachkala, 367032, tel.: +7(963)3937087.

Patimat A Aligazieva, Dr. Sci. (Agriculture), Professor, Head of the Department of Sheep Breeding, Cattle Breeding and Technology of Production and Processing of Livestock Products, Dagestan State Agrarian University named after MM Dzhambulatov, 180 M. Gadzhiev St., Makhachkala, 367032, tel.: +7(928)6805272.

Radina A Ulimbasheva, Cand. Sci. (Agriculture), Senior Lecturer of the Department of Agricultural Production and Processing Technology, Kabardino-Balkarian State Agrarian University named after VM Kokov, 1v Lenin Avenue, Nalchik, 360030, tel.: +7(965)4977710.

The article was submitted 06.01.2026; approved after reviewing 30.01.2026; accepted for publication 16.03.2026.

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