EFFICIENCY OF GROWING YOUNG CATTLE OF KALMYTSK BREED AND ITS HYBRIDS
The paper is concerned with the results of a comparative evaluation of economic indices of breeding Kalmytsk steers and heifers and their crosses with Simmentals and Limousins. It is established that the halfblood hybrids are superior both by their performance obtained and by the economic indices. The efficiency of commercial crossing of large beef bulls with the Kalmyk cows has been ascertained.