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.