LLC "Zverovodcheskoe plemennoe khozyaistvo "Vyatka" - Breeding Plant and Gene Pool Farm
The article shows the history of the formation of the LLC «Zverovodcheskoe plemennoe khozyaistvo «Vyatka», the characteristics of the breeds of fur-bearing animals are described, the conditions of animal keeping and feeding are described. The compliance of LLC «Zverovodcheskoe plemennoe khozyaistvo «Vyatka» with the requirements for organizations engaged in activities in the field of livestock breeding is noted. The Vyatka farm has been breeding cage-keeping fur-bearing animals since the 1960s. Since 1994, the company is approved by the Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation as a breeding reproducer for breeding mink, fox and Arctic fox (certain breeds and types). The main task of the breeding farm is the production of high-quality pedigree youngsters, the preservation of breeding breeds of animals, the production of high-quality pelts and the expansion of the range of fur products. Tribal work with all kinds of fur-bearing animals is aimed at further improving the productive and breeding qualities of animals, in order to obtain pelts of fur-bearing animals in demand by the modern market and to increase economic efficiency of economic activities. By 2017, in the "Vyatka" fur farm, all types of fur-bearing animals achieved high rates, both in productivity and in the quality of pelts. The main task of the farm is to preserve the achieved indicators, preserve the species diversity and further consolidate the herds according to the main economic-useful features. The increase of the productivity of animals will be achieved through the creation of optimal conditions of keeping and feeding, as well as through selection and breeding work with all species and breeds of animals. It is planned to bring in various kinds of animals similar in types and breeds that are bred in the economy, from the breeding farms of Russia and foreign farms, for the "flow of blood" and the improvement of economic-useful traits. Material and technical base of the farm: 3 refrigerators (600, 900 and 1000 tons) - the total volume of refrigeration capacities is 2,500 tons of one-time storage of freshly frozen products, with a temperature regime from +5 to - 30 ° C; with all the necessary equipment) with a capacity of 60 tons of finished feed per shift, with a one-time grain storage facility of 480 tons and grinding it up to 4.5 tons per hour. The farm has a laboratory for the quality of feeds and mechanization of labor-intensive farming processes. Feed for sheds deliver feeders, roads on a farm with asphalt pavement.