Physiological state and productivity of young cattle fed linseed cake

Successful development of cattle breeding is impossible without rational use of fodder, balanced in all nutrients, minerals and biologically active substances. Protein nutrition plays an important role in feeding young cattle. Feed protein deficiency remains one of the main problems in animal breeding. Due to the high cost of imported protein feeds it is necessary to find their local analogs. One of the sources of protein can be oilseeds and products of their processing. The paper contains the materials of research aimed at studying the efficiency of feeding young cattle different doses of linseed cake. It was found that feeding young cattle with compound feed containing linseed cake in the amount of 20 and 25% by weight as a full-fledged substitute for sunflower meal made it possible to increase the average daily gain of animals by 3.6 and 4.9% with a decrease in feed costs by 3.0% and the cost of production by 3.45 and 1.48%.