Morphometric parameters of the chest of male minks of the headlund (h/h), pastel (b/b), scanblack (N/N, N/n) genotypes and their relationship with the breeding traits

DOI: 10.36871/vet.zoo.bio.202108009
UDC 636.934.57: 611

Authors

A. A. Khodusov
Candidate of Veterinary Sciences, Associate Professor of Department of Special Animal Husbandry, Selection and Animal Breeding, Stavropol State Agrarian University, Stavropol, Russian Federation
M. E. Ponomareva
Candidate of Veterinary Sciences, Associate Professor of Department of Animal Feeding and General Biology, Stavropol State Agrarian University, Stavropol, Russian Federation

Abstract

One of the main breeding traits in mink breeding is body size. The aim of the work was to study the morphometric parameters of the chest of minks of some genotypes and their relationship with the breeding parameters. Breed differences in body measurements and the mass of internal organs in male minks were revealed. The greatest positive effect on body weight without skin is exerted by the indicator of chest girth behind the shoulder blades, the coefficient of expansion of the chest correlates negatively with weight.

Keywords

American mink, body weight, spine sections, skeletal morphometry, breed differences.