FEATURES OF THE EXTERIOR OF THE LEBEDYN BREED COWS

Today, the problem of preserving and rational use of biological diversity, including farm animals, is one of the urgent issues. The Lebedyn breed of cattle is one of the endangered breeds in Ukraine. Its formation dates back to the 19th century. The formed gene pool has a certain value, among the studies of which one of the leading places is occupied by the study of the features of phenotypic diversity according to the features of the exterior of animals. The analysis of the features of the exterior of animals at different stages of the creation and breeding of the Lebedyn breed and its modern population was carried out. Features of body measurements and body structure indices were established. The possibility of using the offspring of the original brown German breed in order to preserve the Lebedyn breed was established.