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This paper deals with the research of special features of fattening and slaughtering qualities of specialized meat cattle bred in Ukraine. It establishes special feature of the cattle growth intensity and development in terms of live weight gain and linear assessment of the exterior in the age from birth to 18 months. It has been established that young bulls of Volyn Meat breed were characterized by a higher slaughter yield of 61.7%. Charolais bulls of the same age had the highest carcass yield of 78.5%. Young Aberdeen Angus cattle had the highest fleshing index of 4.5 compared to 4.3 in bulls of the same age of other breeds. Key words: Cattle; Meat breeds; Young bulls; Weight gain; Slaughtering qualities References Bures D., Barton L. (2018). Performance, carcass traits and meat quality of Aberdeen Angus, Gascon, Holstein and Fleckvieh finishing bulls. Livestock Science, 214, 231-237. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.livsci.2018.06.017 Guzeev, I.V., Bogdanov, G.O., Melnik, Yu.F. (2005). Strategy of development of meat cattle breeding in Ukraine. Kyiv: Agrarian Science (in Ukrainian). Jukna V., Jukna C., Prusevi?ius V., Meškinyt??-Kaušilien?? E., Pe?iulaitien?? N. (2017). Meat quality of different beef cattle breeds fed high energy forage. Zemdirbyste-Agriculture, 104(3), 277–282 DOI 10.13080/z-a.2017.104.035/ Melnik Y.F. (2006). Fertility properties of livestock of planned breeds of Ukraine. Visnyk of Sumy State Agrarian University, 10(11), 4-8. Melnyk Yu.F. (2007). Estimation of slaughter quality of bovine animals of dairy, combined and meat breeds of Ukraine. Tavricheskii Scientific Bulletin, 54, 93-99 (in Ukrainian). Nogalski, Z., Pogorzelska-Przyby??ek, P., Sobczuk-Szul, M., Nogalska, A., Modzelewska-Kapitu??a, M., & Purwin, C. (2017). Carcass characteristics and meat quality of bulls and steers slaughtered at two different ages. Italian Journal of Animal Science, 17(2), 279–288. doi:10.1080/1828051x.2017.1383861 Pesonen M., Huuskonen A. (2015). Production, carcass characteristic and valuable cuts of beef breed bulls and heifers in Finnish beef cattle population. Agricultural and food science, 24, 164-172. Shkurin G.T., Timchenko O.G., Vdovichenko Yu.V. (2002). Slaughter quality of cattle. Kyiv: Agrarian Science (in Ukrainian). Stimbirys A., Shernienel L., Prusevichus V., Jukna V., Shimkus A., Shimkiene A. (2016). The influence of different factors on bull carcass conformation class in Lithuania. Bulgarian Journal of Agricultural Science, 22(4), 627–634 Zubets MV, Melnyk Yu.F., Efimenko M.Ya (1997). Genetics, selection and biotechnology in cattle breeding. Kyiv: BMT (in Ukrainian).

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