METHOD OF ANIMAL SELECTION FOR CROSSING Russian patent published in 1996 - IPC

FIELD: animal breeding. SUBSTANCE: method involves selecting breed improving stock by likeness and various characteristics such as milking capacity, milk fat content, live weight, craniologic type, paint, age and variations in alleles of B,-C- and S-systems of blood groups. Crossing method is selected on the basis of active participation of breed improving stock in stock formation process, increased productivity of specimen of improving stock as well as of genetically affined animal stocks involved in the process, and on the basis of age. Animals are controlled for better matching of mated animals of stocks having variations in improvement features as well as in alleles B,-C- and S-systems of blood groups and likeness by craniological type, paint, age and size. EFFECT: increased efficiency in improvement of milk and milk-meat oriented animals and simplified method. 7 cl, 4 dwg, 2 tbl