METHOD OF ASSESSMENT OF VELVET ANTLER YIELDING CAPACITY OF SIBERIAN RED DEERS Russian patent published in 2013 - IPC A01K67/00 

FIELD: agriculture.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to a velvet antler reindeer breeding and can be used to identify the productive qualities of Siberian red deers. The method is characterised in the fact that assessment is carried out according to the level of testosterone and/or estradiol secretion in blood serum in its sampling in any month from December to August inclusively, and Siberian red deers should be considered as highly productive with the following levels of secretion of testosterone in blood serum, nmol/l, and time period of its sampling: 1.67 - January, and/or 7.15 - March, and/or 5.41 - April, and/or 1.27 - June and/or 5.13 - August, not less and/or according to the level of estradiol secretion in blood serum, nmol/l, and time period of its sampling: 2.32 - December, and/or 2.91 - January, and/or 1.06 - March, and/or 1.50 - April, and/or 2.41 - June, and/or 2.68 - July, no more.

EFFECT: use of this method of assessment of velvet antler yielding capacity of Siberian red deers enables to simplify the process of assessment and to improve its objectivity.

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