EVALUATION OF STEERS’ MEATINESS BY THE MORPHOLOGICAL CARCASS COMPOSITION AND CONVERSION OF NUTRIENTS AND FEEDS ENERGY INTO BEEF PRODUCTION
The complex evaluation of beef production from the viewpoint of the carcass flesh parts yield, as well as transformation of fodder nutrients and energy into beef production allows the objective substantiation of the program of growing young animals with different genotypes up to certain age to be considered really actual. The results of studies carried out in the above direction are submitted in the article. The best genotypes of double-and triple-cross cattle as to feeds and nutrients content in the edible carcass parts are pointed out. As result of experiments it is established that the double-cross steers are being distinguished by lower bioconversion of both the feeds protein and energy. Hence, the author recommends that the given genotype of maternal form would be crossed with sires of specialized beef breeds, this is to increase the beef yield indices significantly.