DOI: 10.36871/vet.zoo.bio.202101008
UDC 636.934.55
Authors
E. A. Orlova
Candidate of Agricultural Sciences, Associate Professor
of the Department of Private Animal Science,
Moscow State Academy of Veterinary Medicine
and Biotechnology – MVA by K. I. Skryabin,
Moscow, Russian Federation
А. А. Zotova
Fellow of the Department of Private Zootechnics,
Moscow State Academy of Veterinary Medicine
and Biotechnology – MVA by K.I. Scriabin,
Moscow, Russian Federation
Abstract
The article is devoted to the issue of heritability of the age of puberty in female sables. The paper
provides data on the percentage of daughters in mothers of different degrees of sexual maturity,
the coefficient of heritability of this trait is determined. The article discusses the issue of the possibility
of breeding to increase the reproductive capacity of replacement sable females by age of puberty.
Keywords
sable, young female, reproduction, puberty, heritability.