COMPLEX ASSESSMENT OF YOUNG ABERDEEN ANGUS AND HEREFORD MEAT CATTLE WELFARE
The paper shows research results on ethological features of young cattle and Aberdeen Angus cows and Hereford cows. The experiment was carried out at Zaprudinskoe farm (Krasnozerskiy district of Novosibirsk region) in 2015-2016. The authors kept young cattle together with cows in the same conditions; the animals were fed and kept according to the system endorsed in meat cattle breeding. The research arranged meat calves in groups of 50. The researchers didn't observe certain characteristics on investigated parameters (ethological and biological) either in the young cattle and in the meat cows. The authors make conclusion that both these breed can adjust to the conditions of western Siberia and can be used for herd expansion and beef production.