Economic efficiency of beef production for dairy and dairymeat breeds of cattle

Relevance and methods . Research and production experiments on growing and fattening bull calves of dairy and dairy-meat breeds were carried out in Tau Samal Company LTD LLP and Plemzavod Almaty SPK in Almaty region. In a comparative aspect, the intensity of growth and development, slaughter and meat qualities of young animals were studied. Results. Young animals of experimental groups of different genotypes, who received, in addition to the main diet, feed additives, in terms of live weight, intensity of growth and development, fattening qualities, morphological and chemical composition of meat and, consequently, the profitability of beef production exceeded their counterparts of the same age from the control groups.