METHODS FOR COWS ASSESSMENT BY THEIR EXTERIOR APPLICABLE TO MODERN TECHNOLOGIES
The new methods of cows’ assessment are suggested. The Red Steppe cows (Kuban type) of different lactations were selected. The udder capacity of cows was determined by its circumference and animals were evaluated by the exterior. The authors believe that when evaluating breeding cows under conditions of breeding plants and farms, one should not focus only on the genotype, since it is the purebred population that is most often concentrated there, and it is hardly necessary to give points to the cow for this. It is proposed to assess a genotype with not more than 10 points and there should not be given any points for breeding properties, the released points should be transferred to the section for assessing the exterior, constitution and development of cows. Using a specially developed methodology, the Red Steppe cows (Kuban type) were evaluated in the “Leninsky Put” breeding plant, Krasnodar Territory, by their suitability for machine milking, using morphological and physiological parameters. The authors are of the opinion that most characters of the morphological assessment of udder by this method can be used in the total assessment of cows by the exterior, taking into account their pedigree belonging